Dejima

Dejima or Deshima, in the 17th century also called Tsukishima, was an artificial island off Nagasaki, Japan, that served as a trading post for the Portuguese and subsequently the Dutch.
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Wikipedia
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  • Type: Railway station
  • Description: Former island at head of Nagasaki harbor, now reclaimed & part of mainland; was residence of Eutch East India Company 1641-1859; this was the only point of contact between Japan & the Western world during this time.
  • Also known as: “Decima”, “Dejima-eki”, “Deshima”, “Desjima”, “Dezima”, “Disima”, and “Disma”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Dejima Museum and Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum.

Museum
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Museum
Photo: Fusebok, Public domain.
opened in , , Japan, in 2005. The collection comprises artworks relating to Nagasaki as well as works of Spanish art collected by Suma Yakichiro, special envoy to Spain during the Second World War. is situated 270 metres southwest of Dejima.

Photo: そらみみ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an area located in Nagasaki, Nagasaki, . Today, this area is a shopping strip covering many blocks. Most of the Chinese members of Nagasaki Chinatown are of Fuzhounese descent. is situated 420 metres southeast of Dejima.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nagayo.

Town
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is a town located in , , Japan. As of 31 May 2024, the town had an estimated population of 39,548 in 17077 households, and a population density of 1400 people per km2. The total area of the town is 28.73 km2. is situated 9 km north of Dejima.

Dejima

Latitude
32.7439° or 32° 44′ 38″ north
Longitude
129.87181° or 129° 52′ 19″ east
Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)
Open location code
8Q4FPVVC+HP
Geo­Names ID
7562123
Wiki­data ID
Q640267
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Frisian—“Dejima” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Desjima”
  • Arabic: “جزيرة ديجيما”
  • Arabic: “دييما”
  • Azerbaijani: “Decima”
  • Azerbaijani: “Deşima”
  • Catalan: “Dejima”
  • Chinese: “出島”
  • Czech: “Dedžima”
  • Czech: “Dejima”
  • Danish: “Dejima”
  • Dutch: “Dejima”
  • Dutch: “Deshima”
  • Dutch: “Tsukishima”
  • Esperanto: “Deĵima”
  • Finnish: “Dejima”
  • French: “Dejima”
  • German: “Dejima”
  • Hebrew: “דג’ימה”
  • Hindi: “देजिमा”
  • Hungarian: “Dedzsima”
  • Ido: “Dejima”
  • Indonesian: “Dejima”
  • Italian: “Dejima”
  • Japanese: “でじまえき”
  • Japanese: “出島”
  • Japanese: “出島駅”
  • Korean: “데지마”
  • Latin: “Insula Desima”
  • Latin: “Insula Dezima”
  • Malay: “Dejima”
  • Northern Frisian: “Dejima”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Dejima”
  • Norwegian: “Dejima”
  • Persian: “دجیما”
  • Polish: “Dejima”
  • Portuguese: “Dejima”
  • Russian: “Дэдзима”
  • Slovenian: “Dedžima”
  • Slovenian: “Dejima”
  • South Azerbaijani: “دجیما”
  • Spanish: “Dejima”
  • Swedish: “Dejima”
  • Thai: “เดจิมะ”
  • Turkish: “Dejima”
  • Ukrainian: “Дедзіма”
  • Vietnamese: “Dejima”
  • Western Frisian: “Desjima”
  • “Dejima”

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