Temple
Sofuku-ji
Nagasaki•784m(10 min walk)
Nagasaki Shinchi Chinatown
長崎新地中華街Nagasaki
Food area
What makes this place special?
At a Glance
Nagasaki Shinchi Chinatown is a compact Chinese quarter in the Shinchi district of Nagasaki. It ranks with the Chinatown of Yokohama and Kobe's Nankinmachi as one of Japan's three great Chinatowns, and is smaller than Yokohama's but shows the long ties between Nagasaki and China. About 40 Chinese restaurants and shops line the stone-paved crossroads, which runs roughly 250 metres from north to south.
Shinchi is land reclaimed after a fire in 1698 to hold warehouses for Chinese ships. When Nagasaki port opened to the world in 1859, Chinese residents moved here from the old Chinese residence on the hillside, and the Chinatown began. Four gates mark the entrances, built in 1986 with materials and craftsmen from sister city Fuzhou, and each represents a guardian beast: Azure Dragon (east), White Tiger (west), Vermilion Bird (south) and Black Tortoise (north).
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Visit Duration
60 minutes
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