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The Nagasaki City quiz maps harbor and hillside streets, Dejima and Western buildings, faith and memory, food and festivals, not as disconnected attractions but as one local route. Names such as Dejima, Glover Garden, Former Glover House, Oura Church appear alongside the ways people travel, worship, eat, and work. Begin with clues like an artificial island that served as a gateway for overseas exchange during the Edo period; a district known for Chinese restaurants and confectionery; a stone bridge over the river whose two arches reflect like glasses; then use examples and practice questions to move from nationwide basics to super-maniac details and test what you really remember.
Nagasaki City and Bridges, islands and local landscapesWhich church holds stained glass donated in 1865 by a Carmelite convent in Le Mans, France — the hometown of Father Furet, who designed the building?
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Take on this quizCorrect answerDejima
The shogunate had its Nagasaki magistrate reclaim a fan-shaped plot of land in 1636. Five years later the Dutch trading post moved here from Hirado, making it Japan's only official window to the West during the country's long period of seclusion.
Source:Dejima — official reference
Correct answerNagasaki Chinatown
The land began as reclaimed ground known as Shinchi-gura, built for unloading and warehousing goods. Once the seclusion policy eased, Chinese residents who had lived in the walled Tojin Yashiki quarter moved into the area and shaped it into a Chinatown. Today it is counted among Japan's three great Chinatowns, packed with roughly 600 shops and restaurants.
Correct answerMeganebashi Bridge
Tradition credits the bridge to Mokusu Nyojo, a Chinese-born monk of Kofukuji Temple, in 1634. Its twin arches mirrored in the water are said to resemble a pair of eyeglasses, which gave the bridge its name. It is considered one of Japan's oldest stone arch bridges and is designated a National Important Cultural Property.
Correct answerOura Church
The stained glass behind the main altar, depicting Christ on the cross, was donated in 1865 by a Carmelite convent in Le Mans, France, the hometown of Father Furet, who designed the church. The original was destroyed in the 1945 atomic bombing; the piece seen today is a replica restored after 1951.
Correct answerSiebold
Siebold arrived in Nagasaki in 1823 as the Dutch trading post's physician, and in 1824 he obtained permission from the Nagasaki magistrate to open a school, Narutaki Juku, on the city's outskirts. There he taught Western medicine and natural science to Japanese students, training many scholars of Western learning.
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