More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

  The main gate to Fukken Hall which was built originally in 1868, after the Tojin Yashiki was dismantled. It was built as a meeting place f...

  The Kannondo was constructed in 1737 although it was repaired and rebuilt several times with the current building dating to 1917. The arch...

  The Tenkodo was the second of the Chinese shrines built within the walls of Tojin Yashiki, the compound that confined Chinese merchants an...

  Tojin Yashiki was the walled and gated compound that housed Chinese merchants and sailors in Nagasaki between 1689 and 1859. The Dutch had...

  By the 17th century there were Chinese settlements all over Kyushu engaged in trade. In 1635 the Japanese government restricted all trade ...