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Sasebo City
Nagasaki Prefecture · City
Official websiteNagasaki Prefecture page
Sasebo City is the hub of northern Nagasaki Prefecture. After a naval district headquarters opened in the Meiji era, it grew as a naval port and shipbuilding city, and it still has Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and U.S. Navy bases. It is known for the Kujuku Islands ("99 islands") and the Huis Ten Bosch theme park, and for Sasebo burgers.
Key facts
Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2025 Population Census (population, area and density); area from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI), Area Statistics of Prefectures and Municipalities (2025). National ranks are among the 1,741 municipalities, ordered by this site from these values.
Live information
Current weather (observed)
Places to visit
Amusement parkHuis Ten Boschtheme-park in Japan with rebuild buildings from the Netherlands
IslandKuroshimaisland in Gotōnada, Nagasaki, Japan
IslandKujuku Islandsisland group in Sasebo, Nagasaki, Japan
Important Cultural PropertyHario Radio TowerTower in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
World Heritage SiteKuroshima Church
ShopSasebo Naval Arsenalshipyard of the Imperial Japanese Navy
IslandUku Islandisland of Goto islands, located in Nagasaki prefecture, Japan
CaveFukui Cavecave in south-western Japan, paleolithic site
Roadside station (Michi-no-Eki)Michi-no-Eki Sasebox99roadside station in Sasebo, Nagasaki prefecture, Japan
Chosen automatically, most popular first, from landmarks and cultural properties registered in Wikidata (we have not checked whether each is open). Names and descriptions: Wikidata (CC0); photos: Wikimedia Commons (photographer and license under each photo).
National parks in this city
Chosen by overlaying the park boundaries (Ministry of the Environment, Biodiversity Center of Japan, "National Park Areas" GIS data, updated April 28, 2025, combined and simplified by NIPPON ATLAS) with municipal boundaries (National Land Numerical Information, January 2021), keeping overlaps of about 0.5 km² or more (approximate). Areas are the land areas from the Ministry of the Environment, "Overview of National Parks" (April 10, 2026). All national parks
Neighboring municipalities
Municipalities sharing a boundary (computed from the National Land Numerical Information administrative boundaries, January 2021).
Other municipalities in Nagasaki Prefecture
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