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Overview (History, Features, and Attractions): Nagasaki Port is a historic port located in Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture, utilizing its natural harbor. During the Edo period, it was one of the only trading ports with foreign countries via Hirado and Dejima, and the Dutch trading post was located on Dejima for many years. Since the Meiji era, it has served as an open port...

Overview (History, Features, and Attractions) The Nagasaki Museum of History and Culture is a facility that comprehensively introduces Nagasaki's history and diverse cultural exchanges. It covers a wide range of topics, from European and Asian exchanges through Dejima during the isolation period, trade with Western countries, the adoption of Christian culture, the opening of the country and modernization from the end of the Edo period to the Meiji era, and postwar reconstruction and urban transformation...

Iojima (Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture) Overview (History, Features, and Attractions) Iojima is a small island located west of Nagasaki City, facing Nagasaki Bay. Once an island based on fishing and small settlements, in recent years it has become known as a tourist destination thanks to the development of hot spring resorts and leisure facilities.

Nagasaki Lantern Festival (Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture) Overview (History, Features, and Attractions) The Nagasaki Lantern Festival is a major winter event held in various locations around the city, primarily in Nagasaki's Shinchi Chinatown, and is known as an event celebrating the Chinese New Year (Spring Festival). Since the 1990s, it has been a full-fledged citizen event...

Kameyama Shachu Ruins (Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture) Overview (History, Features, and Attractions) Kameyama Shachu was a trading company-like organization founded in Nagasaki by Sakamoto Ryoma, a patriot of the late Edo period. It began operations in 1865 (the first year of the Keio era). It was primarily involved in shipping, maritime trade, and foreign negotiations, intelligence gathering, and weapons procurement...

Overview (History, Features, and Attractions) Dutch Slope is a stone-paved slope in the Higashiyamate and Minamiyamate districts of Nagasaki City, and is a representative scenic spot of the exotic cityscape. During the Edo period, foreigners (especially Dutch merchants and Westerners) who lived in Nagasaki through Dejima settled in this area, and so the area became known as "Oranzaka.".

Overview (History, Features, and Attractions) Nagasaki Peace Park (Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture) is a park dedicated to remembrance and peace, established in the Urakami area, which was devastated by the Nagasaki atomic bombing on August 9, 1945. It was developed as a place for postwar reconstruction, floral tributes, and memorials, and in 1955 (the 30s of the Showa era), the Peace Statue (Kitamura...

Overview (History, Features, and Attractions) Dejima is an artificial island in Nagasaki City. It is known as the only place permitted to trade with foreign countries during the Edo period (from the 17th century onwards) under the isolationist policy. It housed the Dutch Trading Post (VOC), and served as a gateway through which Western culture, academics, medicine, and technology were introduced to Japan.

Overview (History, Features, and Attractions) Nagasaki Shinchi Chinatown (located around Shinchimachi, Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture) is one of Japan's three largest Chinatowns, and it retains the strong influence of Chinese culture and the history of trade that opened up at Nagasaki Port. Since the port opened during the Edo and Meiji periods, it has developed as a residential and commercial area for overseas Chinese, and today is home to a variety of Chinese restaurants and...

Overview (History, Features, and Attractions) Oura Cathedral is a Catholic church located in Higashiyamate-cho, Nagasaki City. Built in 1864, it is one of the oldest wooden Gothic churches in Japan. It was constructed for the foreign settlement in Nagasaki, which opened its port to foreigners from the end of the Edo period through the Meiji era, and...