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Must-visit historical sites in Hirado City near Sasebo Naval Base

The exotic look created by traditional Japanese homes shadowed by gothic-style cathedrals and a Dutch Trading Post with stone port facilities, makes Hirado a great attraction on the Western island of...
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VIDEO| Stroll around Sasebo, Nagasaki – naval port city where U.S., Japanese cultures meet

Home to bases of U.S. Navy and Japanese Self-Defense Force, Sasebo is a naval port city where American and Japanese cultures meet.
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Finding Japan's 'Hidden Christians' in Hirado City

In modern Japan where most people turn to Shinto shrines to bless babies, Christian-style chapels for weddings and Buddhist temples for funerals, it’s hard to imagine anyone worshiping in secret for fear of persecution. But in matters of faith, old habits can be as resilient as religious tradition.
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Revolutionary Nagasaki

When feudal Japan re-opened to foreign relations after centuries of isolation in the 19th century, it had a lot technological catching up to do. Nagasaki was at the forefront of Japan’s rapid modernization.
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CFAS CO meets with Sasebo City Mayor

Commander, Fleet Activities Sasebo Capt. David Adams speaks with Sasebo City Mayor Norio Tomonaga at Sasebo City Hall Oct. 1, 2020. Adams paid an introductory call on Tomonaga after meeting him for the first time at the recent CFAS change of command and discussed the future of base-city relations.
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Did you know?: Japanese history and Christianity

In Japan, Christianity was outlawed during the 17th and 18th centuries. More than 40,000 Christians were martyred then, so followers went underground pretending to be Buddhists in public.
A photograph taken several months after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, Aug. 6, 1945, shows the utter decimation of the city. U.S. NATIONAL ARCHIVES
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Hiroshima, Nagasaki atomic-bombing exhibit to be in Pearl Harbor on 75th anniversary of blasts

The cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki will for the first time send a traveling atomic-bomb exhibit to Hawaii, where it will be displayed on the Battleship Missouri Memorial through the 75th anniversary of the August 1945 nuclear bombing of those cities.
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Taking a close look at Nagasaki, Japan

Nagasaki was Japan’s first prefecture to open its doors to the outside world in the 19th century. Today, the Western influences of those early years are preserved in the many historic sites and buildings in its capital, Nagasaki City. This makes it a unique Japanese city and a great year-round travel destination.
Photos courtesy of Nagasaki City
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Nagasaki celebrates Chinese New Year with countless lanterns through Feb. 9

While New Year is celebrated on Jan. 1 according to the solar calendar, in many regions of Japan, China and other asian countries, the new year is marked by the lunar calendar instead. This year, the Lunar New Year falls on Jan. 25.
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Circus comes to Sasebo!

If you’re a fan of clowns, acrobatics and death-defying stunts, then head over to Sasebo City’s Nakiri Ground (Central Park) in Miyaji Town because the Osaka-based “Happy Dream Circus” will be performing there under the big top until Jan. 19.