Sanno Shrine one-legged Torii Gate

One legged gate.

This was a stop as part of a walking tour of Nagasaki from our cruise to Japan and South Korea. The gate is actually quite impressive, especially as it survived the atomic bomb blast in 1945 and is st...

⛩️ A Place for Reflection and Contemplation ⛩️

The One-legged Torii is about a 10 minute walk from the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum. I recommend visiting it after taking in the museum. Be forewarned, in order to reach the gate, you will need to asc...

Great Hang Out Spot

I live about an hour away. My husband and I have gone to One Legged Magpie a few times, but recently we were able to go here with two of our three adult kids. The only thing that would have made it ...

Hardly worth a second look.

OK, so it took the blast of the a-bomb, but easily passed by and certainly nothing special. If you didn't know its history, you probably wouldn't give it a second look.

Profoundly moving!...(and the best tonkatsu I have ever had is to be had not far from here)

My personal take on it. Get here, just feel the atmosphere, wander around, go see the shrine near by and the trees that were 'left for dead' after the blast, just to 'wake up again' some time later. ...