Nagasaki (Koshima) Yojosho and Shiryokan [Barrier-free] Nagasaki (Kojima) Rehabilitation Center Museum

Modern Western medicine in Japan begins in Nagasaki.

The remains, excavated artifacts, and related materials will be exhibited, and the historical value of the nursery school and Pompe's achievements will be introduced using video and VR.

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Area: Nagasaki city center area (Peace Park, Mt. Inasa, Glover Garden, etc.)

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Parking
Barrier-free parking
flat
Slope installation
Automatic door
Wheelchair accessible elevator
Barrier-free toilet
ostomate toilet
Diaper changing table-for adults-
Baby care equipment (diaper changing table)
Baby care facilities (nursing space and diaper changing table available)
Baby care facilities (only breastfeeding space available)
Stroller rental
Wheelchair rental -manual-
Wheelchair rental -Electric-
voice guidance
electronic bulletin board
Guide dog compatible
AED installation

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Toilet

There is a disabled toilet.

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Japan's first modern Western-style hospital [City-designated historic site] Nagasaki (Kojima) nursing home ruins

The Nagasaki (Kojima) Health Center was founded in 1861 (Bunkyu XNUMX) in accordance with Pompe's wish to establish a hospital, and was the first modern Western-style hospital in Japan. The construction site was chosen as Sako-no-Oka, Kojima-go, Nagasaki Village, a hill on the outskirts of Nagasaki that is blessed with sunlight, good ventilation, and fresh air. The building was constructed based on designs by Dutch people such as Pompe, with reference to Dutch military hospitals, and Western-style equipment was introduced. In addition, a medical school was established, providing systematic modern medical education from basics to clinical practice.
In 1865 (first year of Keio), the nursing school and medical school were renamed Seitokukan, and the Analytical Institute was established as a chemistry and physics classroom. After the Meiji Restoration, the name was changed to Nagasaki Prefectural Medical School, which later became the source of the Nagasaki University School of Medicine.
During excavations from 2015 (Heisei 27) to 2017 (Heisei 29), stone walls and building foundations of the north building of the nursery school were discovered, and hospital-related items such as glass pharmaceutical bottles from the late Edo period and early Meiji period, earthen pots and clay pots for brewing medicinal herbs, etc. Many relics have been unearthed.
The site next to the gymnasium, where the remains of the Kojima Health Care Center remain, is Japan's first modern Western-style hospital and related facilities, and is an evaluation of the facilities up to Seitokukan, which included a health care center, medical school, and analytical laboratory, which were established at the end of the Edo period. Since then, it has been designated as a historic site by Nagasaki City on June 2017, 29.
Pompe, the father of modern Western medical education in Japan Johannes Pompe van Meerdervoort (1829-1908)

In 1857 (Ansei 4), he was selected by Major Van Kattendieke, the second commander of the instructor corps at the Nagasaki Naval Training School, and came to Japan at the age of 28. After his appointment as an instructor, he began teaching medicine to Japanese people with the cooperation of Ryojun Matsumoto. He was the first in Japan to introduce systematic modern medical education based on natural science, and taught alone for five years. In 5 (Ansei 1) and the following year, when a cholera outbreak occurred in Nagasaki, he worked hard to treat and prevent patients.
In 1859 (Ansei 6), his long-cherished desire to build a hospital was approved by the Shogunate, and in 1861 (Bunkyu XNUMX), the Nagasaki (Kojima) Health Center was opened as Japan's first modern Western-style hospital. In addition to treating patients, we provided practical education through clinical lectures. Pompe's words, ``Doctors do not belong to themselves, but to the sick person.'' are the school motto of the Nagasaki University School of Medicine, and this spirit has been passed down to this day.
Pompe returned to the Netherlands in 1862 (Bunkyu 2), having completed all of his scheduled lectures. During his five-year term, he cultivated many human resources who would later greatly contribute to the development of Japanese medicine and medical care, and is therefore known as the father of modern Western medical education in Japan.

Basic Information

Address	850-0837-1 Nishikojima, Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture 15-XNUMX (Next to the Municipal Nita Sako Elementary School Gymnasium)
Telephone number	095-822-7023
FAX	095-822-7023
Business hours	9:00～17:00
Days Off	Every Monday (open on public holidays), December 29th - January 3rd
Price	Free
Directions and Access	Tram Get off at the Shinchi Chinatown or Shianbashi tram stop. About 10 minutes walk Bath Get off at Nagasaki Bus ``Nagasaki Shinchi Terminal'' or ``Shionbashi'' bus stop. About 10 minutes walk
Parking	There is no dedicated parking lot for the museum, so please use public transportation.