Nagasaki
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長崎市 | |||||||
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Nagasaki City | |||||||
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Coordinates: 32°47′N 129°52′E / 32.783°N 129.867°ECoordinates: 32°47′N 129°52′E / 32.783°N 129.867°E | |||||||
Country | Japan | ||||||
Region | Kyushu | ||||||
Prefecture | Nagasaki Prefecture | ||||||
District | n/a | ||||||
Government | |||||||
• Mayor | Shirō Suzuki (2023-) | ||||||
Area | |||||||
• Total | 406.35 km2 (156.89 sq mi) | ||||||
• Land | 241.20 km2 (93.13 sq mi) | ||||||
• Water | 165.15 km2 (63.76 sq mi) | ||||||
Population (March 1, 2017) | |||||||
• Total | 425,723 | ||||||
• Density | 1,047.676/km2 (2,713.47/sq mi) | ||||||
Time zone | UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time) | ||||||
- Tree | Chinese tallow tree | ||||||
- Flower | Hydrangea | ||||||
Phone number | 095-825-5151 | ||||||
Address | 2-22 Sakura-machi, Nagasaki-shi, Nagasaki-ken 850-8685 | ||||||
Website | www |
Nagasaki | |||||
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Nagasaki in kanji | |||||
Japanese name | |||||
Kanji | 長崎 | ||||
Hiragana | ながさき | ||||
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Nagasaki was founded by the Portuguese in the late 16th century.
It has been recognized as a core city since 1997.[2]
History
Nagasaki was founded by the Portuguese in the late 16th century. During the Edo period, Nagasaki was the only port in which trade with other countries was permitted[1] because of the national isolation policy (sakoku).[3]
In the 1870s, Nagasaki became the capital city of the prefecture which evolved from the former province.
On August 9, 1945, Nagasaki was the second of two Japanese cities which were destroyed with an atomic bomb near the end of the Second World War.[1]
Nagasaki Media
Dejima was an artificial island in Nagasaki Bay; its fan shape was easily recognizable. The trading post consisted mainly of warehouses and dwelling houses (1669 engraving).
An intact torii in foreground and a one-legged torii in background, Nagasaki, October 1945
Overview of Nagasaki in the early morning as the sun rises, 2016
Sōfuku-ji (National treasure of Japan)
Nagasaki Lantern Festival
Related pages
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2002). "Nagasaki" in Japan Encyclopedia, pp. 682-683.
- ↑ Jacobs, A.J. "Japan's Evolving Nested Municipal Hierarchy: The Race for Local Power in the 2000s," Urban Studies Research, Vol. 2011 (2011), p. 8 [PDF 8 of 14]; retrieved 2012-12-5.
- ↑ Nussbaum, "Sakoku-rei" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 813.
Other websites
Wikivoyage has a travel guide about: Nagasaki |
- Nagasaki official website(in English); 長崎市(in Japanese)
- VISIT NAGASAKI Official Tourism Website for Nagasaki City Archived 2016-12-31 at the Wayback Machine(in English)
- Geographic data related to Nagasaki at OpenStreetMap