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NAGASAKI
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NAGASAKI , a See also: town on the See also:south-See also:west of the See also:island of Kiushiu, See also:Japan, in 32° 44' N., 129° 51' E., with 163,324 (1905) inhabitants, and a See also:foreign See also:settlement containing a See also:population of 400 (excluding See also:Chinese). The first See also:port of entry for See also:ships coming from the south or the west to Japan, it lies at the See also:head of a beautiful inlet some 3 M. See also:long, which forms a splendid anchorage, and is largely used by ships coming to See also:coal and by warships. Marine products, coal and See also:cotton goods are the See also:chief exports, and raw cotton, See also:iron, as well as other metals and materials used for See also:ship-See also:building, constitute the See also:principal imports. The value of imports approaches L2,000,000 annually. That of exports has fluctuated considerably. In 1889 it was f1,005,367, but in 1894 it was only 1444,839, and does not generally exceed L450,000. The most important See also:industries of the town are represented by the See also:engine See also:works of Aka-no-ura, three large docks and a patent slip, the See also:property of the Mitsu Bishi See also:Company. Steamers of over 6000 tons have been constructed at these docks, which, as well as the engine works, are situated on the western See also:shore of the inlet. The brisk See also:atmosphere of business that pervades them does not reach the town on the eastern See also:side, which lies under the See also:shadow of forests of tombstones that See also:cover the over-looking hills. Nagasaki is noted as a coaling station. The coal is obtained chiefly from Takashima, an islet•8 m. S.E. of the entrance to the See also:harbour, and in lesser quantities from two other islets, Naka-no-shima and Ha-shima, which See also:lie about 1 m. farther out.These See also: sources of See also:supply, however, show signs of exhaustion. There are several favourite See also:health resorts in the neighbourhood of Nagasaki, notably Unzen, with its See also:sulphur springs. Nagasaki owed its earliest importance to foreign intercourse. Originally called Fukae-no-ura (Fukae See also:Bay), it was included inthe See also:fief of Nagasaki Kotaro in the 12th See also:century, and from him it took its name. But it remained an insignificant See also:village until the 16th century, when, becoming the headquarters of See also:Japanese See also:Christianity, and subsequently the See also:sole See also:emporium of foreign See also:trade in the hands of the Dutch and the Chinese, it See also:developed considerable prosperity. The opening of the port of See also:Moji for export trade deprived Nagasaki of its See also:monopoly as a coaling station, and the visits of See also:war vessels were reduced when See also:Russia acquired Port See also:Arthur, See also:Great See also:Britain Wei-See also:hai-wei and See also:Germany Kiaochow. On the See also:north side of the channel by which the harbour is entered there stands a cliff called Takaboko, which, under the name of Pappenberg, has long been rendered notorious by a tradition that thousands of Christians were precipitated from it in the 17th century because they refused to trample on the See also:Cross. It has been conclusively proved that the See also:legend is untrue.Additional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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