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Hirado

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Hirado

Island in Nagasaki prefecture, Kyushu island, Japan, 30 km/19 mi long, 10 km/6 mi wide, area 165 sq km/64 sq mi; population (1990) 26,900. Hirado city covers all of Hirado island (Hiradoshima) and is linked to Kyushu by a bridge. The main industries are tourism based on the remains of Hirado castle, the former Dutch trading post, Orandabashi (Holland Bridge) and blue and white porcelain (Hiradoyaki).

The port flourished as a trading-point with westerners (the Portuguese, Dutch, and British) between 1550 and 1641, when it transferred to Deshima (Dejima), a tiny artificial island in Nagasaki Bay, connected to Nagasaki by a causeway. The shoreline has now encroached the island to absorb it completely. In 1549, St Francis Xavier arrived in Japan and visited Hirado.



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