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Monday, September 25, 2006

Hirado No.1


Hirado is located at the furtherest west point of Japan's main 4 islands; Hokkaido,
Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu. Hiroado is in Kyushu Island.
Hirado was the first and only place Japanese merchants could trade with foreign countries, mostly Holland and China, during Japan's period of isolation started about 400 years ago.
Therefore, you can see interesting cultural spots there. A Christian cathedral, for example, is next to Japanese Buddist temple as you see in the photo above.
Studying a bit of history of Japan surely makes your visit to Hirado more interesting.

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