Houkazankamaato Ruins of the volcanic pot

After the Shimabara Rebellion was quelled, the relay flag tower played a central role in the Nagasaki Port security reporting system.

This flag tower was built on the order of Nobutsuna Matsudaira, who patrolled Nagasaki after the Shimabara War was subdued in 15, and was one of the warning transmitting mechanisms that continued until the first year of the Meiji era.

It is a historical site that served as a relay flag tower for the distant viewing station of Mt. Nomo Hinoyama and nearby feudal clans, and played a central role in the Nagasaki Port security notification system.

The fire pit is a circular embankment with an outer wall height of 3.6 m and a pit diameter of 4.8 m, with three fire entrances at the bottom, and nearby there are remains of a firewood shed and an irrigation pond station, built in 3. ) It was used when the Macau envoys visited the port and when the British warship Phaeton entered the port in XNUMX.

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