Nagasaki Chinatown

Nagasaki Chinatown
Nagasaki Chinatown (Lantern Festival 2005)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	長崎新地中華街
Simplified Chinese	长崎新地中华街
Transcriptions Mandarin - Hanyu Pinyin Chángqí Xīndì Zhōnghuájiē - Wade–Giles Chang2chi'i2 Hsin1ti4 Chung1hua2chieh1 Cantonese - IPA [tʂʰɑ̌ŋtɕʰɨ̌ ɕíntɨ̂ tʂʊ́ŋxwǎtɕɨɤ́] - Yale Romanization Cheung4kei1 San1dei6 Jung1wa4gaai1
Japanese name
Kanji	長崎新地中華街
Hiragana	ながさきしんちちゅうかがい
Transcriptions - Revised Hepburn Nagasaki Shinchi Chūkagai

Nagasaki Chinatown (Japanese: 長崎新地中華街, Simplified Chinese: 长崎新地中华街) is located in Nagasaki, Japan. This area today is a big shopping strip that covers many blocks.

History

The town was home for many Chinese sailors and traders who trade goods with the Japanese from the 15th to 19th centuries. The Chinese Traders came to Nagasaki because it was the only "open port" to visit Japan at this time. The Tokugawa government only allow Nagasaki to stay open and closed off Japan to the rest of world from western foreign powers and spread of Christianity. Strict rules were placed on these Chinese to never be outside their town at night and not allow to live outside of the town. Any one found outside of the town at certain times were arrested by the local guard.

See also

• Chinatowns in Asia
  • Yokohama Chinatown
  • Kobe Chinatown
• Chinese in Japan
• China
• Koreatown in Japan
• Hong Kong

External links

• Official site of Nagasaki Shinchi Chinatown (Japanese)
• Nagasaki Lantern Festival (Japanese)