{"id":12895,"date":"2018-05-20T08:00:50","date_gmt":"2018-05-19T23:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/?p=12895"},"modified":"2024-11-25T22:21:13","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T13:21:13","slug":"kyushu-nagasaki-chinatown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/kyushu-nagasaki-chinatown\/","title":{"rendered":"Nagasaki Chinatown \u2013 See the Oldest Chinatown in Japan!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Chinatowns<\/strong> all over the world offer a taste of Chinese culture and cuisine in the most unlikely places. These areas usually hold a long connection to China and the Chinese population residing in them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/?attachment_id=12896\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12896\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/08170416\/IMG_2140.jpg\" alt=\"Nagasaki Chinatown Shinchi Local Food Cuisine International History Neighborhood Restaurant\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nagasaki<\/strong> has long had a Chinese influence and a small population. As <strong>the only port open to foreign trade during the 200 year-long &#8220;Sakoku&#8221; closed borders policy<\/strong>, which banned foreign traders and travelers from Japan,\u00a0<strong>Nagasaki became an important centre for Chinese traders.<\/strong>\u00a0Chinese traders were active in the area as early as the 15th century.<\/p>\n<p>Even though Nagasaki was &#8220;open&#8221; to trade there were heavy restrictions on foreign nationals, these included a night curfew on Chinese residents preventing them from leaving the Chinatown area. Restrictions on foreigners was circumvented in some cases such as the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/dejima-island-nagasaki\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dejima<\/a>\u00a0Island<\/strong> on which <strong>Dutch traders lived<\/strong>, did business and could not leave.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Today <strong>Nagasaki Chinatown (Shinchi)<\/strong> is a shopping and eating area with Chinese architecture and imagery. The town covers a number of blocks and its narrow streets are a pleasure to explore. Gates with ornate Chinese designs guard the entrances to the town.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/?attachment_id=12897\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12897\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/08170407\/IMG_2141.jpg\" alt=\"Nagasaki Chinatown Shinchi Local Food Cuisine International History Neighborhood Restaurant\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Nagasaki Chinatown<\/strong> can boast the title of <strong>the oldest Chinatown in Japan<\/strong> having been established in the 17th century. The land on which the town rests was originally reclaimed land for building warehouses, mostly used by Chinese traders.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There are numerous restaurants selling <strong>Chinese cuisine and local dishes<\/strong> such as <strong>c<\/strong><strong>hampon noodles<\/strong>. There is also <strong>n<\/strong><strong>ikuman<\/strong> available, <strong>the pork buns popular in Japan<\/strong> and available in most<strong>\u00a0konbinis<\/strong>, which are actually Chinese in origin.<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/?attachment_id=12898\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12898\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.voyapon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/08170400\/IMG_2142.jpg\" alt=\"Nagasaki Chinatown Shinchi Local Food Cuisine International History Neighborhood Restaurant\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you are lucky enough to be in the area for Chinese New Year, Chinatown is especially beautiful during the yearly Lantern Festival in which the city is covered in a warm light. 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