Nagasaki is Japan’s first international city with a history of trading with many countries since Nagasaki port opened to Portugal in 1571.     Afterwards, artificial islands such as Dejima in 1636 and Shin Jizo (near present-day Chinatown) were built in 1702, and greatly contributed as trading port place only in Japan during the period of national isolation.

Nagasaki Port opened in 1571…の続きを読む