Glover Garden — Western Mansions on the Hillside

Glover Garden preserves nine Western-style mansions from Nagasaki's treaty port era (1859–1899), clustered on a terraced hillside overlooking the harbor. The centerpiece is the Glover House (1863), built for Scottish merchant Thomas Glover — the man who supplied ships and weapons to the Meiji Restoration forces and later established Japan's first modern coal mine and shipyard. The house is the oldest surviving Western wooden building in Japan.

The garden's elevated position provides panoramic views over Nagasaki Harbor — the same vista that allowed Glover to observe ships entering the port. The surrounding gardens contain 250-year-old camphor trees and seasonal flowers (cherry blossoms in April, hydrangeas in June).