Nagasaki Marriott Hotel Opens

Above, the JR Nagasaki Station in 2007. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

During my 2007 trip to Japan, I went down to Kyushu for a few days.

One of my stops was in Nagasaki, the site of the second atomic bomb drop that ended World War II. While there, I visited the Nagasaki atomic bomb park and museum.

I arrived in Nagasaki at the JR Nagasaki Station. As there were no shinkansens there at the time, I traveled there on a commuter train from Sasebo.

Nagasaki Station has a new neighbor that has just opened: the Nagasaki Marriott Hotel.

According to Kyodo News:

The first Marriott hotel in Japan's southwestern Kyushu region opened Tuesday adjacent to JR Nagasaki Station amid hopes of boosting local tourism.

Along with a new shinkansen bullet train service connecting Nagasaki and the Takeo Onsen hot spring resort in neighboring Saga Prefecture launched in September 2022, the new luxury hotel is expected to help attract visitors and revitalize the economy.

The Nagasaki Marriott Hotel, which is Marriott's ninth in Japan, offers restaurants and rooms with panoramic views of local attractions such as Nagasaki Port and Mt. Inasa. 

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