Dejima Review

The Dutch style of the island experienced in Japan is a fan-shaped artificial island in Nagasaki. During the closure of the country in the Edo era, Shogun General Tokugawa Kakuo ordered 25 Nagasaki rich and powerful people to build it, initially to take in Portuguese and control monopoly trade. Later, the Dutch and Japanese relations were friendly, so they changed to let the Dutch live. Since the construction of the island was paid by the people, the Dutch people needed to pay the rent to the people every year. The Dutch set up a trading station on the island and became the only trading country in Japan and Europe. This is a major part of Japanese history. In the early twentieth century, the government was filled in for the bay, and the island was connected to the land, and then became part of Nagasaki City, which took about 50 years to turn the island into government ownership. The Nagasaki city government rebuilt the island in the late twentieth century, re-emerging the island in the early nineteenth century. So today, we can take a streetcar to get there, and the island is no longer the fan island. But on the streets of the island, we can see the European-style buildings left by the Dutch, and enjoy the white walls and black tiles unique to the Edo era. In the island museum, we learn about Nagasaki and international relations during Japan's closure, and the life of Dutch merchants at that time. If you wear a traditional Japanese kimono and walk on the streets of the island, it is as if time and space are worn back to the early nineteenth century, and it is a good place to take pictures and punch in. It may not be as cool and fun outside, but it does not prevent you from stopping and enjoying the rare cleanliness and leisure of your trip.