Memorial to the Nagasaki Museum of Suwa Shrine 26 Martyrs of Japan History and Culture A chance to encounter a golden age Ken Kotsu Sangyo Building Nagasaki Shofukuji Station (Prefectural Bus Terminal) Bank of Japan of history of Nagasaki Nagasaki Eki Mae Temple Sakura Ma Bugyosho Dori Museum for the Former Site chi Dor e Nagasaki Museum of History and Culture is one of the few Amu Plaza of the Santo Domingo Church Nagasaki Nagasaki i Prefectural Library NBC Sakura Nagasaki Chuo Machi-sho museums in Japan with the theme of "Overseas Exchange". Post Office Sakura Machi Nagasaki Nagasaki City Hall Police Station e museum holds approx. 48,000 precious collections including Goto Machi Nagasaki Kokaido Mae Civic Center
Ohato Dor historical documents and arts & crafts that tell the story of Nagasaki 34 Nagasaki Civic Center developed as the sole window opened to foreign countries during City i Library the period of national isolation. Shiyakusyo Dori Yume Saito Ohato In addition, part of Nagasaki Magistrate's Oce called Bugyosho (a Nagasaki local agency of the central go vernment in the Edo period) was Prefectural Office Nagasaki Port 324 N Nishihama Machi faithfully reconstructed based on historical materials, allo wing a Dejima ka jim aga Information wa visitors to understand the life of samurai warriors in those days. Nagasaki Kanko Dori Hamaya Customs House Shian Bashi Harusame Dori Historical materials are displayed in an enjoyable and new manner. Site of the Former Tsuki Machi Dutch Factory Come and spend meaningful time encountering the histor y and on Dejima Guide Nagasaki Prefectural Shinchi Chukagai Shokakuji Shita Art Museum (Chinatown) culture of Nagasaki. Shimin Nagasaki 499 Byoin Mae Dejima Bypass
■Access ●By Public Transportation ・5 minutes walk from Sakura Machi Tram Station ・7 minutes walk from Kokaido Mae Tram Station ・3 minutes walk from Sakura Machi Koen-mae Bus Stop ●By Car 10 minutes by car from the Nagasaki Highway Susukizuka Interchange Susukizuka toward Suwa Shrine
■Admission Fee(Permanent Exhibition) Individual Group(15 or more) Adults ¥600 ¥480
High School Students Elementary and ¥300 ¥240 Junior High School Students
※Supplementary fee for Special Exhibitions
■Opening Hours／8:30～19:00 ■Closed Third Tuesday of the month(or next day when Tuesday in holiday) ■Parking for 62 cars and 5 buses
TEL095-818-8366 FAX 095-818-8407 1-1-1 Tateyama Nagasaki Shi 850-0007 http://www.nmhc.jp Nagasaki Museum of History and Culture
History and Culture Exhibition Zone Museum Restaurant Ginrei The Japanese Government of Nagasaki Zone Established in 1930 it is one of Nagasaki's Permanent Exhibition Featuring Nagasaki's Overseas Exchange oldest western style restaurants. A reconstruction Surrounded by antique furniture, you can Encounters with the West Life in Nagasaki enjoy everything from traditional Nagasaki the Nagasaki Magistrate's Office -European trade and Christianity- -Prosperity of Nagasaki and system of the city- cuisine to a full dinner menu. The trade with the West prospered from Most of the people in Nagasaki the middle of the 16th century, and there were either deeply concerned with was also the propagation of Christianity. trade or were involved with the Floorplan Later, the government forbade Christianity administration of the area and its and also restricted foreign trade to a few activities as local government ports such as Nagasaki. As a result, officials. The big fire, which broke Event Nagasaki prospered as the only harbor out in 1663, burned most of the city Temporary Exhibition Room Square that was open to the West. and the arrangements of houses EV and streets in Nagasaki were Oshirasu greatly changed. Oshirasu is where Nagasaki Magistrate called Bugyo carried out trials 3F Traditional Craft in those days. This is its faithful reconstruction based on drawings and Exchange with Korea Hands-on Corner archaeological excavations. Every Saturday, Sunday and holiday, a play -Joseon missions to Japan and Tsushima- Toilet Restaurant is performed to show how cases were tried then. The scene of smugglers During the Edo period, Japan and Korea had formal diplomatic The Japanese Government Arts and Crafts of Nagasaki of Nagasaki Zone facing trial is unique to Nagasaki. relations. Information and materials from Korea, China and the rest of -Exoticism brought about by exchange-
Toilet ▲ History and Culture the continent flowed in through this exchange with Korea. The Under the influence of both domestic and foreign aesthetics, enticing works of art Exhibition Zone Shoin Room Tsushima-han, which had had diplomatic experience with Korea since Event Room and craft were produced, such as gorgeous Blue Shell Works (Mother-of-pearl EV Atrium Traditional Craft The living room in the Nagasaki medieval times, was in charge of the diplomacy and trade. work) and pictures incorporating the styles of painting in China or Europe. Hands-on Corner Magistrate's Office. Here the Magistrate Entrance Toilet received dignitaries. EV 2F Nagasaki trade -Chinese ship, Dutch ship, and the Exchange with the Netherlands -Dejima and Dutch studies- goods that came and went- ▲ Taimensho Dejima, a man-made island and the home of the Dutch traders, became the only Museum Shop Ships from China and Holland brought items to Nagasaki to be sold Interrogation Room window of exchange with Europe during the Edo period. While facilitating the and then returned laden with Japanese goods. Imports, such as silk, The Museum Shop is located to The Magistrate's duties included exchange of goods and information, the Dutch merchants in Dejima and sugar, and medicines circulated from Nagasaki to the rest of the the next to the entrance hall on the interrogation of smugglers Dutch-language interpreters played important roles. country. Japanese articles, such as gold, silver and copper, marine the first floor. Here you can buy and here the investigation of products, and pottery, were exported to China, Asia, and Europe. our unique museum goods, imports took place. books, traditional artifacts and products with the theme of Theater of the Japanese Exchange with China The forerunner of modernization, Nagasaki overseas exchange history. Government of Nagasaki -Chinese temple and Chinese Quarter- -Western knowledge and technology dispatched from Nagasaki- Parking Area It introduces the history of Kirishitan Nagasaki prospered thanks The exchange with Western countries of Nagasaki by the high-definition to the East Asia trade. The deepened after the opening of the port of television image. Chinese living in Nagasaki Nagasaki to other countries with the founded Chinese temples. Ansei Treaties of 1858. New learning Auditorium When the government and technology came flooding into Museum Shop strengthened management Japan, much of it through Nagasaki. A ▲ Bugyo Exhibition Room Reference Room Entrance control over the trade in period of rapid change was ushered into EV Hall This gallery introduces the function Nagasaki, the Chinese Japan, first with the Bakumatsu, or Late Toilet and role of the Magistrate's Office Meeting Tokugawa Shogunate Period, and then Office Toilet showing from recent historical residents were required to Room EV live in a special area called the Chinese Quarter. From the Chinese with the Meiji Restoration and subsequent Entrance diggings and documents on trials. temples and the Chinese Quarter, people in Nagasaki could come in Meiji Era, all beginning with the city and port of Nagasaki. direct contact with Chinese culture. 1F