Glover Garden
Glover Garden is a park in Nagasaki, Japan, built for Thomas Blake Glover, a Scottish merchant who contributed to the modernization of Japan in shipbuilding, coal mining, and other fields.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Opening hours: 8:00 AM—6:00 PM
- Type: Garden
- Description: park in Nagasaki
Notable Places in the Area
Oura Catholic Church
Church
Photo: Houjyou-Minori, CC0.
The Oura Church or Oura Cathedral, officially Basilica of the Twenty-Six Holy Martyrs of Japan is a Catholic minor basilica and co-cathedral in Nagasaki, Japan, built soon after the end of the Japanese government's Seclusion Policy in 1853. Oura Catholic Church is situated 120 metres northeast of Glover Garden.
Inori no Oka Art Book Museum
Museum
Photo: 663highland, CC BY 2.5.
Inori no Oka Art Book Museum is situated 210 metres north of Glover Garden.
The Former Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Nagasaki Branch Museum
Museum
Photo: Houjyou-Minori, CC0.
The Former Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Nagasaki Branch Museum is situated 340 metres north of Glover Garden.
Localities in the Area
Dejima
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dejima or Deshima, in the 17th century also called Tsukishima, was an artificial island off Nagasaki, Japan that served as a trading post for the Portuguese and subsequently the Dutch.
Glover Garden
- Categories: open-air museum, museum and recreation area
- Location: Nagasaki, Nagasaki, Kyushu, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.73336° or 32° 44' 0" northLongitude
129.86925° or 129° 52' 9" eastOpen Location Code
8Q4FPVM9+8POpenStreetMap ID
way 552140518OpenStreetMap Feature
leisure=gardenWikidata ID
Q63465Glover Garden Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Chinese: 哥拉巴园
- Chinese: 哥拉巴園
- Czech: Glover Garden
- Dutch: Glover Garden
- Esperanto: Glovera Ĝardeno
- French: Glover Garden
- French: Gurabāen
- French: Jardin Glover
- German: Glover Garden
- Greek: Κήπος του Γκλόβερ
- Italian: Glover Garden
- Japanese: グラバー園
- Japanese: グラバー邸
- Japanese: グラヴァー邸
- Japanese: 旧ウォーカー住宅
- Japanese: 旧オルト住宅
- Japanese: 旧グラバー住宅
- Japanese: 旧グラバー邸
- Japanese: 旧リンガー住宅
- Korean: 구라바엔(글로버 가든)
- Korean: 구라바엔
- Polish: Ogród Glovera
- Russian: Сад Гловера
- Slovak: Glover Garden
- Turkish: Glover Bahçesi
- Ukrainian: Сад Ґловера
Landmarks in the Area
- Fountain of PrayersFountain
- Nagasaki Traditional Performing Arts ExhibitionMuseum
- Nagasaki Local Meteorological ObservatoryPublic building, 100 metres west
- Former Latin Divinity SchoolSchool building, 110 metres northeast
- 協治会杠葉病院Hospital, 120 metres southwest
Places in the Area
- Ringer HouseBuilding
- Glover HouseBuilding
- Alt HouseBuilding, 100 metres south
- Glover Garden Museum ShopShop, 100 metres northwest
- Glover Garden No. 2 GateTicket shop, 110 metres southeast
Popular Destinations in Nagasaki
Discover Sasebo, Tsushima, Shimabara and Gotō Islands.
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