(グラバー園) Glover Garden

Thomas Blake Glover built his home here in 1863, in a hill overlooking the Nagasaki Harbor (source). A hundred or so years later, the mementos of the Glover family is carefully preserved for our appreciation. 

And since I had time to kill, figured might as well go and visit. I was planning on going Gunkanjima, and the port was a ten minute walk from here. 

Budget: JPY1,120 (~USD11)

• JPY620. Entrance fee. 
• JPY500. One day's pass for the trams in Nagasaki. 

Visit Date

• March 30, 2017

When to Go
Anytime during the year. 

Special Notes

• All the requisite details are in their website. 
• Here is the google maps pin for the location. Google will sort you out. 
• It was just a short walk and I was finished within the hour. 
• There is, however, an option to dress up in medieval European style. Around JPY3,000 for an hour or so if I remember correctly. 
• The garden has three heart shaped rocks, and finding all three is a pretty time consuming activity that was fun for about a couple of minutes. 
• All these are in the pamphlet, so definitely take the pamphlet (English) and take the time to read it. 

Itinerary

• 11:05am. Arrived at the entrance of the garden. Walked around. 
• 11:16am. Arrived at the main mansion. Walked around. 
• 12:00pm. Left the garden and headed out to my next stop. 

The entrance! Here we go!

Ok, this is definitely not how the house was. 

Feeling like I'm coming in for a visit. 

They have great views though. 

It's all about location. 

Bringing a bit of their home in Japan. 

See that girl in the far end? You can even dress up like them. I was flying solo though, and didn't feel like dressing up alone (sigh)

And this is how the rich lived back then. 

With good music I hope. 

I spent a while in the area looking for the heart shaped rock. 

But would love to have a resthouse like this. 

With beautiful gardens.

Found ONE heart shaped rock. I got tired and was ready to call it a day.