Tag: foreign imports
Kitano Ijinkan: Kobe’s Historic Foreign Settlement
The Port of Kobe was opened on 1 January 1868, ten years after Japan’s borders opened to the rest of the world. It didn’t take long for foreigners to begin settling here between the mountains and the sea, buying and renting homes...
A Taste of Home: Tokyo’s International Grocery Stores
It happens to the best of us. You’ve planned your trip, you’re all packed, and you’re ready to stuff yourself with sushi. You arrive in Japan and all is good. Then, the cravings set in. Aussies may find themselves dazed and confused...
Dejima: Nagasaki’s Historic Dutch Trading Post
Chief Factor's residence
It's normal to feel a kind of curious magic as you step into Dejima, the open-air museum on the site of Nagasaki’s historic Dutch Trading Post. In the blink of an eye, the modern city...
