Nagasaki Port opened in 1571

 

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.