Tojin Yashiki Site
唐人屋敷跡
The Edo-period residential district where arriving Chinese traders were concentrated. The site preserves the Dojin-dō, Tenhō-dō, Kannon-dō and a former Fujian guildhall.
In 1689, the Edo shogunate set up the Tōjin Yashiki in Jūzenji village to manage Chinese merchants trading in Nagasaki. At its peak it housed as many as two thousand people, corresponding to the Dejima of the Dutch. The Tōjin Yashiki was abolished after 1870, but the district still preserves the Dojin-dō, the Tenhō-dō (enshrining Mazu), the Kannon-dō and the former Fujian guildhall. Chinese-style gateways and stone lions can be seen in the lanes. Admission is free, and it is only about a 5-minute walk from Shinchi Chinatown. During the Nagasaki Lantern Festival it is an important venue, and the lanterns and Mazu procession are especially lively. Getting there: it is about an 8-minute walk from the Shinchi Chinatown streetcar stop.
Opening hours
All day (each hall approx. 09:00–17:00)
Nearby sights
- Nagasaki Shinchi Chinatown
- Dutch Slope & Higashi-Yamate Western Houses
- Nagasaki Confucius Shrine
- Dejima
- Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum & Mizubenomori Park
- Sofuku-ji Temple
- Oura Church
- Meganebashi Bridge