Urakami Cathedral

Urakami Cathedral: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: moderate; weekends busier. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this church: Open, normal crowd · Very crowded today · Festival / special day · Closed today.

Best time to visit Urakami Cathedral

Season: Year-round; Christmas and Easter week are busiest.

Busiest days: Sunday services; Christmas, Good Friday and Easter.

Crowd: Moderate; weekends busier.

Typical week: Mon light · Tue light · Wed light · Thu light · Fri light · Sat busy · Sun packed.

How to reach Urakami Cathedral — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 32.77617, 129.86845. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Urakami Cathedral

• Nagasaki Gokoku Shrine · museum · Amakusa · ~2 km · Must-see
• Nagasaki Museum of History and Culture · museum · Nagasaki Prefecture · ~3 km · Must-see
• Siebold Memorial Museum · museum · Nagasaki Prefecture · ~4 km · Must-see
• Megane Bridge · fort · Nagasaki Prefecture · ~4 km · Must-see
• 滑石太神宮 · temple · Nagasaki Prefecture · ~5 km · Must-see
• Confucius Shrine (Kōshi-byō) · attraction · Nagasaki Prefecture · ~6 km · Must-see
• Iojima Island · river spot · Nagasaki Prefecture · ~15 km · Must-see
• 伊王島灯台 · beach · Nagasaki Prefecture · ~15 km · Must-see
• Kodabira Village · sanctuary · Nagasaki Prefecture · ~22 km · Must-see
• Hashima · fort · Nagasaki Prefecture · ~26 km · Must-see
• 樺島 · river spot · Nagasaki Prefecture · ~32 km · Must-see
• Mt. Taradake · viewpoint · Fujitsu · ~38 km · Must-see
• Tomioka Castle · fort · Amakusa · ~39 km · Must-see
• Palace Huis Ten Bosch · museum · Nagasaki Prefecture · ~43 km · Must-see
• Todoroki Falls · waterfall · Saga Prefecture · ~45 km · Must-see
• Yūtoku Museum · museum · Saga Prefecture · ~50 km · Must-see
• 大魚神社 · temple · Fujitsu · ~50 km · Must-see
• 誕生院 · Buddhist site · Saga Prefecture · ~52 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Urakami Cathedral

Other churches near Urakami Cathedral

• Sakitsu Church · church · Kumamoto Prefecture · ~67 km · Must-see
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• Oura Catholic Church · church · Nagasaki Prefecture · ~6 km
• Kaminoshima Catholic Church · church · Nagasaki Prefecture · ~9 km
• Catholic Erute Church · church · Nagasaki Prefecture · ~15 km
• カトリック善長谷教会 · church · Nagasaki Prefecture · ~15 km
• 大江天主堂 · church · Kumamoto Prefecture · ~63 km
• 黒島天主堂 · church · Nagasaki Prefecture · ~64 km
• 田平天主堂 · church · Nagasaki Prefecture · ~85 km

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