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19 History of Dejima in Nagasaki, Japan

In 1609, the Dutch East India Company arrived in Nagasaki to compete with Portuguese shippers and help fill Japan’s growing desire for European products. In an attempt to control Western influences, Tokugawa Iemitsu signed the Sakoku Edict in 1635. His proclamation initially interned the Portuguese at Dejima (name means exit island). After they were banished four years later, Dejima became a Dutch trading post in 1641 until 1853. For two centuries, foreigners could not enter the city nor could the Japanese go onto the 3.7 acre, artificial, fan-shaped island. Nagasaki is slowly reconstructing this National Historic Site with Edo period structures as a growing tourist attraction. This is the Dejima Seminary, built in 1878 during the Meiji period.

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History of Dejima in Nagasaki, Japan

6 Dejimamachi, Nagasaki, 850-0862, Japan

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