Nagasaki Shihigashi Yamate Dentoku Nagasaki City Higashiyamate Traditional Buildings Preservation District
Nationally selected Important Traditional Building Preservation District
Japan is1858In 2015, Japan signed treaties of amity and commerce with five countries: the United States, the Netherlands, Russia, the United Kingdom, and France. The Higashi-Yamate area is the former Nagasaki port established by this treaty.SettlementOut ofOura Riverhills on the right bankIt's in a corner of.
A settlement is an area designated for the residence and life of foreigners. In Nagasaki, the coast south of Dejima was reclaimed, including the hills behind it.1860Rented from 2015,1899This continued until the abolition of the reservation system in 2010.
The Higashi Yamate settlement was located on a hill overlooking the Oura trading post and the sea, and was home to the consulates of Portugal and the United States, as well as a chapel, and was also called Consulate Hill at the time. After that, mission schools built by missionaries on these sites increased and are still in use today.
As the buildings and structures of these settlements come together to form a historic townscape, the area that includes most of the hilly Higashi-Yamate and part of Oura Town near the coast has been designated as a conservation district. Masu.
Buildings within the district are桟tiles (sangawara)Roofing and exterior wallsPreviewShitami Itaba(an exterior wall made of horizontally long boards slightly overlapping each other) with paint.Many of them are colored, with open balconies facing the sea, and main rooms arranged. Major buildings include the Higashiyamate 12 Building, a nationally designated important cultural property, and the former British Consulate in Nagasaki.
In addition, there are many civil engineering structures and large trees that are reminiscent of the settlement era, such as the cobblestone streets and stone walls of Holland Hill, stone grooves, and stone markings.
The townscape of Higashi-Yamate, Nagasaki City is highly valuable, as it retains a historical townscape that shows the land division of the settlement, as well as a group of Western-style houses.
Basic Information
Designated category | Nationally selected Important Traditional Building Preservation District |
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Designated date | August 3, 4 |
Location | Approximately 7.5 hectares in Higashiyamate, Nagasaki City, part of Oura Town |