Nagasaki Eat like a local in Nagasaki
Nagasaki’s strong Chinese influence makes for a fascinating (and super-delicious) food culture.
$140 per person
3 hours
(62)
Tailoring each experience to your wishes by locals who love their city
Beyond Nagasaki’s devastating past, preserved by its museums and memorials, lies a city full of fantastic culture, friendly locals, and truly delicious food. On Nagasaki food tours, you’ll be in the perfect position to taste the best of the city’s internationalized culinary creations. Our food tours of Nagasaki are the ultimate experience of this multifaceted metropolis, where no matter where you go, the food will be mind-blowingly delicious. Join a local Nagasaki host to explore everything from traditional markets and trendy restaurants, not to mention its famous Chinatown! Get ready for a fusion of eastern and western flavors on Nagasaki food tours you’ll never forget.
To truly experience the richly internationalized history in Nagasaki is to taste it on food tours of Nagasaki with City Unscripted. Portuguese ships set sail for Nagasaki in the 1500s, influencing several Japanese dishes, from crispy tempura to fluffy Castella cake. And when Nagasaki’s port became the only area of Japan open to the outside world between the 1630s and 1850s, it was Japan’s major area of foreign trade, a hub of Chinese and European visitors introducing their own cultural influences. You’ll experience a fusion of all these unique flavors on Nagasaki food tours.
Nagasaki doesn’t stick to traditional Japanese cuisine and has largely forged its own unique culinary path. On our Nagasaki food tours, you’ll have ample opportunity to sample some of the city’s most fascinating foods, from Champon Chinese noodles to Turkish rice – a combination of pilaf rice, Neapolitan spaghetti, and a crispy tonkatsu cutlet. Expect to fuel your food tours of Nagasaki with steaming bao buns, traditional sushi, and deep-fried twisted cookies. And a cup of coffee here is bound to blow you away, because believe it or not, the coffee culture here dates back centuries!
There are so many different places to celebrate the vibrant food culture of Nagasaki. On Nagasaki food tours with a knowledgeable local guide, you’ll get an authentic experience of several of them. There’s the Chinatown neighborhood, whose crisscrossing lanes are lined with no-frills food stalls. Then there’s Maruyama, an entertainment district packed with famous restaurants and crowds of locals. There’s even a basement-level food hall reminiscent of the food markets of the 1950s! Discover all these exciting places and more on food tours of Nagasaki with City Unscripted.
We as a group thoroughly enjoyed Armand and his enthusiastic personality and desire to ensure he met our needs as we sauntered through the city.
1 April 2026
Armand was such a great guide! Super friendly, easy to talk to, and very knowledgeable. He made the day really fun and adjusted everything to fit what we wanted to do. We had a wonderful time thanks to him. Highly recommend!
28 March 2026
Masaaki was a wonderful guide: knowledgeable, interesting, and welcoming!
28 March 2026
Yuri was absolutely fantastic. We had the best day. It’s the best tour that we’ve taken by far. She is a brilliant and amazing young woman And you are very lucky to have her.
21 March 2026