Nagasaki Food Tours

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Top 10 food tours & experiences in Nagasaki

From exploring cool neighborhoods to eating with the locals to seeing iconic sites, these are some of our favorite experiences

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The best private food tours in Nagasak

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.

Meet some of our food-loving local hosts in Nagasaki

Armand

Nagasaki

History lover and cultural explorer with insider tips on Nagasaki’s best photo spots, coffee, sweets, and hidden gems.

Masaaki

Nagasaki

gentle and friendly

Senyo

Nagasaki

Haruto

Nagasaki

Passionate Nagasaki host, and ramen enthusiast with a knack for uncovering the city's hidden gems and loves sharing insider tips on its vibrant dining scene and seasonal events.

Sho

Nagasaki

Friendly Nagasaki host with a passion for history, food culture, and hidden gems, with insider access to the city's unique landscapes, local coffee shops, and charming local shops.

Shin

Nagasaki

Ocean view enthusiast and local cuisine lover with insider knowledge of Nagasaki’s most scenic spots.

Macchi

Nagasaki

"Nagasaki's friendly host and peace advocate with an insider's guide to the city's war museums, serene hot springs, and vibrant local cafes."

YURI

Nagasaki

"Enthusiastic Nagasaki host with deep insights into the city's rich heritage and poignant atomic past, guiding you through its vibrant cafes and historic gems."

Yuko

Nagasaki

History enthusiast and local guide with a deep understanding of Nagasaki's Peace Zone and its profound sites.

Moe

Nagasaki

"Peace history enthusiast and food crawl adventurer with a deep love for Nagasaki’s culture, cuisine, and hidden gems."

A taste of Nagasaki’s history

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.

Sample unique local cuisine

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!

Eat in a range of interesting places

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.

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Latest reviews from our guests

Sho was a super friendly, informative and considerate guide. We asked a lot of non-food questions and he was enthusiastic about answering all of our questions.

February 2025

John W
We went on two different City Unscripted tours in Nagasaki. Both tours were terrific and the guides fantastic (Sho and Armand). Saw areas and ate in restaurants that we would never have found on our own. Well worth the cost!

January 2025

Michael M
Armand was such an engaging and interesting guide and was committed to making our experience a great one. He was able to quickly pivot to a new plan when a restaurant was unexpectedly closed. He's so knowledgeable about the city and about the food scene and we went to places that we'd never have found on our own!

January 2025

Michael M
He took me to some local places I never would have found or even known to try. We sampled delicious drinks and amazing food a lot of which is local to the Nagasaki region.

December 2024

William w