Hirado
Japan /
Nagasaki /
Hirado /
World
/ Japan
/ Nagasaki
/ Hirado
World / Japan / Naoasaki
city, municipality, second-level administrative division, draw only border
39,000 inhabitants.
During the Sengoku and early Edo Periods (16th-17th century), Hirado was a major center of foreign trade, especially with the Ming Dynasty of China and the Dutch, who established a trading factory there on September 20, 1609, under the direction of Jacob Groenewegen and with the help of William Adams, the English navigator, that died there in 1620. He was the inspiration for the character of John Blackthorne in James Clavell's bestselling novel Shogun, see:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Adams_%28sailor%29
During the Sengoku and early Edo Periods (16th-17th century), Hirado was a major center of foreign trade, especially with the Ming Dynasty of China and the Dutch, who established a trading factory there on September 20, 1609, under the direction of Jacob Groenewegen and with the help of William Adams, the English navigator, that died there in 1620. He was the inspiration for the character of John Blackthorne in James Clavell's bestselling novel Shogun, see:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Adams_%28sailor%29
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirado,_Nagasaki
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 33°23'20"N 129°28'53"E
- Sasebo 40 km
- Nagasaki 47 km
- Amakusa 104 km
- Yatsushiro 131 km
- Shimonoseki 167 km
- Saiki 189 km
- Nobeoka 192 km
- Yamaguchi 201 km
- Shunan City 226 km
- Iwakuni 252 km
- Kosaza Industrial Park 23 km
- Takashima Island 26 km
- JGSDF Camp Ainoura 29 km
- Tatsugami mooring pond 33 km
- United States Fleet Activities Sasebo (Main Base Area) 33 km
- Sasebo Heavy Industries, Sasebo Shipyard 33 km
- U.S. Navy Fueling Station (Akasaki Pier) 34 km
- U.S. Navy Weapons Depot 35 km
- JMSDF Sasebo Naval Base (Sakibe) 37 km
- Sasebo Bay 39 km