animate Nagasaki Access

■ For those using Shinkansen or train
From Nagasaki Station ⇒ About 8 minutes on foot (600m)
Take the tram from [Nagasaki Station-mae] on the Nagasaki Electric Tramway Line 1, bound for Sofukuji.
10 minutes (7 stops) to Kanko-dori Station ※Fare: 140 yen

■ For those driving
Exit from the Kyushu Transversal Expressway [Nagasaki Oita Line / Nagasaki Expressway] ※Toll section (300m)
Take the right fork and follow the signs for [Nagasaki / Saga] on the Nagasaki Expressway [Nagasaki Oita Line / Nagasaki Expressway] ※Toll section (122km)
Proceed on the Nagasaki Dejima Road / National Route 324 ※Toll section (3.1km)
Continue along [Tsukimachi-dori] and enter [Kokaido-mae-dori], heading towards the Hamamachi Arcade [National Route 324] for 6 minutes (1.1km)

※Please note there is no dedicated parking lot.

If you are arriving via conventional trains, exit through the ticket gates and head towards the right, following signs for the “Kamome Exit (East Exit).”

If you are arriving via the Nishi-Kyushu Shinkansen, exit through the ticket gates and head towards the right, following signs for the “Kamome Exit (East Exit).”

This is the entrance/exit for the “Kamome Exit (East Exit).” After exiting, continue straight ahead.
Please note that due to construction, the scenery may have changed.

Walk along the temporary pathway, keeping to the left.
If the scenery has changed, head towards the Nagasaki Electric Tramway (tram) via the elevated plaza.

Follow the signs for the “tram.”

Due to ongoing construction, the pathways may have changed.
Continue along the pedestrian walkway, following the signs, and proceed to the “elevated plaza.”
Escalators and elevators are expected to be operational around December 23, 2022.

Go up the stairs of the pedestrian bridge and proceed towards the elevated plaza.

After reaching the top, head left and proceed to the tram stop.

You will see signs for the trams bound for 【Sofukuji】 and 【Hotarujaya】, so descend the stairs.

Board the tram bound for 【Sofukuji】.

Disembark at 【Kanko-dori】 tram stop. (Approx. 11 minutes)
From 【Nagasaki Station-mae】 on the Nagasaki Electric Tramway
・Take the Nagasaki Electric Tramway Line 1 bound for Sofukuji and get off at【Kanko-dori】 (One-way fare: 140 yen, travel time: approx. 11 minutes)
You can also use transportation IC cards. Please tap your card on the tram’s machine when boarding and alighting.

☆Check the Nagasaki Electric Tramway timetable here.
☆Fare information is available here.

Use the blue-line tram from Nagasaki Station-mae to Kanko-dori (nearest to animate Nagasaki).
Nagasaki Station-mae ⇒ Kanko-dori (Sofukuji-bound)
Kanko-dori ⇒ Nagasaki Station-mae (Akaboshi-bound)

You can also charge IC cards or exchange coins inside the tram!

After getting off at 【Kanko-dori】, you will see the arcade shopping street ahead on your left. Enter the arcade.

Cross the pedestrian crossing and proceed into the arcade between “Iwasaki Honpo Hamamachi Kanko-dori Store” and “Bunmeido Sohonten Kanko-dori Store.”

Walk straight past “Iwasaki Honpo” until you reach the intersection. On your left, you’ll see “HAMACROSS411” and “ABC Mart,” and on your right, “McDonald’s.”

At the intersection where “ABC Mart” is located, turn left.

Continue walking past “Matsumoto Kiyoshi” and “Cocokara Fine.”

When you reach “3COINS,” look up and you’ll see the 【animate】 sign. animate is located on the 3rd floor of this building. Please take the escalator to the 3rd floor. (The escalator is for ascending only.)

There are also stairs and an elevator at the back of the escalator. Please use these when leaving.