Joto no Hana

Lighthouse of old time

Located near Holland Trading House (now museum), Joto no Hana is a remembrance of the trade with Holland. It stands on a breakwater, and so you can just see from the street level. Once it was used as ...

In front of the Holland Commercial Museum

Original Text

This coastal stone wall was at the time of the expansion work of the Hirado Dutch Shokan in the 1630s, and the Dutch flag was flying here, but after the Dutch Shokan moved to Nagasaki, it was set as a night light in 1643. It was placed and functioned as a lighthouse for navigation of ships at night.

It seems that the light is still on the night light.

Original Text

　At the end of the Dutch Shokan in Hirado, there was a corner of a slightly higher masonry. This was a place called "Tokio nose". This regular orange nose was also made from a breakwater and served as a lighthouse. There is a night light with a quaint design that makes you feel the history, and it seems that it still lights every night.

the night lights are a nice atmosphere.

Original Text

　From the Hirado City Tourist Information Center, head north on the road along the cove, and there is a Dutch trading building, and the further tip was the place called this Tokito nose. It is said that this masonry hill was also built for a breakwater when the Dutch trading building was expanded at the beginning of the Edo period. When trade with the Netherlands was booming, the nightlight that was playing the role of a lighthouse was built with a nice feeling.

Jiangyan Times の Trade の History

Original Text

The nose of Tokito was always lit during the Edo period and was a landmark for Dutch merchant ships. .. It is a Japanese-style structure that played a role like a lighthouse. This is a building that you definitely want to visit when you visit Hirado.