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JAPAN. NAGASAKI. NIGHT VIEW OF THE CITY FROM THE SUMMIT OF MOUNT INASA. Photo by Antoine Lorgnier/Only World/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Expressway operator to seek early completion of new road

NAGOYA, Japan - Yoshihito Miyaike, president of Central Nippon Expressway Co., pledges redoubled efforts for early completion of work to connect the Hamamatsu Inasa and Toyoda Higashi junctions in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, and Toyoda, Aichi Prefecture, respectively, on the New Tomei Expressway during a ceremony in Nagoya, central Japan, on Oct. 1, 2014, to mark the ninth anniversary of the firm's foundation.

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Opening of Shin-Tomei Expressway stretch to be delayed

NAGOYA, Japan - Yoshihito Miyaike, president of Central Nippon Expressway Co., meets the press in Toyota in the central Japan prefecture of Aichi on July 23, 2014, to announce a one-year delay to early 2015 in the completion of a 55-km stretch of the Shin-Tomei Expressway connecting the Hamamatsu Inasa junction in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Toyota Higashi junction in Toyota due to difficulties such as landslides.

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Eve of 68th anniv. of atomic bombing of Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan - Photo shows a night view from Mt. Inasa in Nagasaki on Aug. 8, 2013, the eve of the 68th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the city.

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Checkups continue aboard Coast Guard boat

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Japan Coast Guard officials continue their check aboard the patrol boat Inasa at Kagoshima port Dec. 25. The Inasa was one of four Japanese vessels that pursued and exchanged fire with an unidentified ship in the East China Sea on Dec. 22.

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Patrol boat Inasa's 20-mm machine gun used in shooting

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Photo released by the Japan Coast Guard on Dec. 24 shows the 20-millimeter machine gun of Japanese patrol boat Inasa which was used in shooting at the suspected North Korean spy ship that sank in the East China Sea on Dec. 22.

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Japan's MSA ships leave for joint drills with S. Korea

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Crew members of three Japan's Maritime Safety Agency (MSA) vessels stand at salute at Moji port in the southwestern Japan city of Kitakyushu on Oct. 3 before leaving for joint drills with South Korean vessels, in which they will simulate the rescue and cleanup of a collision of two vessels. The patrol boats are the 3,200-ton Echigo, the 1,200-ton Hakata, and the 180-ton Inasa.

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Patrol boat Inasa's 20-mm machine gun used in shooting

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Photo released by the Japan Coast Guard on Dec. 24 shows the 20-millimeter machine gun of Japanese patrol boat Inasa which was used in shooting at the suspected North Korean spy ship that sank in the East China Sea on Dec. 22.

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Old post office converted into cafe in western Japan

Mayuko Matsuda stands in front of her cafe built within an old post office in Uda, Nara Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 31, 2015. The Inasa Post Office was closed some 40 years ago but has been preserved by local people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Checkups continue aboard Coast Guard boat

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Japan Coast Guard officials continue their check aboard the patrol boat Inasa at Kagoshima port Dec. 25. The Inasa was one of four Japanese vessels that pursued and exchanged fire with an unidentified ship in the East China Sea on Dec. 22.

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Nagasaki Inasa Coast

Nagasaki Inasa Coast==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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Nagasaki Inasa Coast

A view of people enjoying a boat ride, Inasa, Nagasaki. Hand-tinted. It seems to have been taken by Uchida Kuichi when he accompanied Emperor Meiji on his trip to Nagasaki in 1872 as well as the photographs #1196 and #3238.==Date:about 1872, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:Uchida Kuichi, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number66‐14‐0]

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Ebisu Shrine, Akunoura

The photo is entitled Nagasaki, view of Inasa. A distant view of Nagasaki harbour over the compounds of Akunoura Shrine (Ebisu Shrine). The same photo is in the album of Ueno Hikoma. It was probably photographed in the first year of Meiji (1867).==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:Uchida Kuichi, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number40‐28‐0]

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Nagasaki Inasa Coast

The city of Nagasaki can be seen across the shore. A boathouse with three people sitting in it can be seen with houses in the background. The photographer is Uchida Kuichi. Beato also took a picture from the same angle in 1864.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:Uchida Kuichi, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number26‐25‐0]

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Graveyard for foreigners in goshinji temple

The foreign cemetery at Goshinji Temple of the Jodo Sect located in the Inasa neighbourhood of Nagasaki. In the centre is the white tower of a Russian Orthodox grave. To its right is the Dutch cemetery, which includes the grave of Hendrik Duurkoop who was a director of the Dutch Factory at Dejima.==Date:Early Meiji, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number26‐20‐0]

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The central district of Nagasaki

The old city and harbour of Nagasaki. The opposite bank is Inasa. Nakashima River fiows through the centre of the city. The stone bridges spanning the river can also be seen. The colours in this picture have changed to brownish tones, but it is probably the same picture as No. 21-4 and the original.==Date:Middle Meiji, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:Ueno Hikoma, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number21‐6‐0]

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The central district of Nagasaki

The old city and harbour of Nagasaki. The opposite bank is Inasa. Nakashima River flows through the centre of the city. The stone bridges spanning the river can also be seen. The white buildings in the center are normal schools and elementary schools. Probably a copy of the photo numbered 21-6.==Date:About 1879, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number21‐4‐0]

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NAGASAKI DEJIMA and the settlement for RUSSIANS

Taken by Beato. Written Island of Decima. the Dutch Settlement at Nagasaki.& Russian Settle nt. the opposite Side of the bay. June 65. A rare photo with the original shape of the Dejima still remaining, taken in 1865. In the foreground are the Shinchi ware houses, and the other bank is the Russian settlement in Inasa.==Date:1865, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:F. Beato, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number17‐34‐0]

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NAGASAKI inasa beach

Beato took a picture from the same angle in 1864. A houseboat with three people and houses in the background are photographed. This photo is the same as that numbered 66-14, but the left part has been trimmed.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number15‐38‐0]

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Nagasaki Harbour seen from Akunoura

The panorama of Nagasaki from Inasa and Akunoura. The original is compsed of four quarters photos. This is one of the quarters. The building to the right is the Nagasaki Iron Foundry owned by the government. In the port, The steamships show the hustle and bustle of Nagasaki harbour. It is probably a copy of the original photo.==Date:1872, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:Uchida Kuichi, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number15‐34‐0]

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Ebisu Shrine,Akunoura

Part of the panorama photograph of Nagasaki harbour by Ueno Hikoma. Taken from Inasa Akunoura, the original consisted of 4 quarter photos. This is the photo to the far left, a view of Nagasaki Harbour from the back of the shrine.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:Uchida Kuichi, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number12‐16‐0]

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Expressway operator to seek early completion of new road

NAGOYA, Japan - Yoshihito Miyaike, president of Central Nippon Expressway Co., pledges redoubled efforts for early completion of work to connect the Hamamatsu Inasa and Toyoda Higashi junctions in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, and Toyoda, Aichi Prefecture, respectively, on the New Tomei Expressway during a ceremony in Nagoya, central Japan, on Oct. 1, 2014, to mark the ninth anniversary of the firm's foundation. (Kyodo)

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Opening of Shin-Tomei Expressway stretch to be delayed

NAGOYA, Japan - Yoshihito Miyaike, president of Central Nippon Expressway Co., meets the press in Toyota in the central Japan prefecture of Aichi on July 23, 2014, to announce a one-year delay to early 2015 in the completion of a 55-km stretch of the Shin-Tomei Expressway connecting the Hamamatsu Inasa junction in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Toyota Higashi junction in Toyota due to difficulties such as landslides. (Kyodo)

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Distant view of Mt. Inasa from Fukusaiji Temple

Shooting location: In front of the Daikanmon of Seiren-do(Kannon-do) at Fukusaiji Temple. The original has a tag of Nagasaki Amidabashi.==Date:1874, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number124‐340‐0]

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Pier at The Russian Settlement at Inasa

Shiga was the village headman of Fuchi in Urakami Village, and the area leading onto present-day Asahi-Ohashi Bridge in Asahi-machi was called ‘Shiga-no-hato.’ The building on the tip of the land on the left is Restaurant Volga run by Morooka Matsu. The two-storied building in front of it is the villa of the Fukudas and housed the Russian officers’ club where Michinaga Ei, known as Inasa Oei, would work later. The building with the big roof in the foreground belonged to Fukuda, the sanshi (assistant officer). The house on the right belonged to Shiga.==Date:about 1874, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:Ueno Hikoma?, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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Downstream area of Oura River

This photo is taken halfway up the Oura River looking downstream. The street light was particular to the foreign settlement. The bridge downstream is Benten Bridge and the mountain on the other side of Nagasaki Port is Mt. Inasa. A boat called ‘sanpan’, used to fetch goods from the ships offshore, is moored. The area, ‘Sagarimatsu’, was named after the pine tree on the left. The roof of Myogyoji Temple is barely discernable. The Sagarimatsu area was the foreign settlement’s town center with a bar for foreigners, a restaurant, an inexpensive international hotel, and a shop selling goods for foreigners and until around 1900, the place for locals to socialize.==Date:about 1874, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:Ueno Hikoma?, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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The city of Nagasaki and Nagasaki Harbour

This is a view from Mt. Kazagashira looking over the city centre and harbour. Land reclamation has progressed in the Shinchi area, and new buildings are being erected. But the old stone embankments still remain. Dejima Island and Dejima Bridge are visible along with Shin-Ohashi Bridge (built in 1869) and a white Western-style residence in Tsuki-machi. The date is 1871or 1872. War vessels and ships are anchored in the Nagasaki Harbour, and the Akunoura shipyard and Inasa area are visible on the opposite shore.==Date:1873, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:Uchida Kuichi , (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number114‐31‐0]

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Ebisu Shrine, Akunoura

Although the English title says Naminohira, this is the Ebisu Shrine in Akunoura. Koyanagi Gorozaemon Michinaga moved from Ebisu-machi (area of present-day Nagasaki Station) to Senowaki Village in Inasa in 1633. This served as an office for Nagasaki Magistrate Matsudaira Zushonokami during the Phaeton Incident. After the Meiji Restoration, this shrine was renamed as Inasa Jinja, but the original name was resurrected in 1937. Fishermen's houses dominated the area, which commanded a scenic view of the opposite shore.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number109‐34‐0]

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Kite Flying at Mt. Kazagashira

This was probably taken by a professional photographer to depict the sport of kite flying. The date is around 1895. The name of Mt. Kazagashira ( Wind Peak ) is derived from the wind that blows up the mountain from the city. Kite flying is enjoyed in March and April. The central part of Nagasaki city is visible beyond the mountain. The mountain in the distance is Mt. Inasa. The area of modern-day Nagasaki Station (yet to be reclaimed from the harbour) and part of Chikugo-machi are visible.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number109‐6‐0]

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Soldiers and Women Relaxing at Oei’s Hotel

Russian soldiers relax with Japanese women in the garden of the Hotel Vesna. After Putyatin and his squadron of four Russian ships landed here in 1853, the Inasa area was used frequently by Russian visitors. This hotel was opened in November 1893, and the commander and staff of the Russian Far East Fleet participated in the ceremony. Nagasaki Harbour is visible in the background, with the downtown area, Mt. Hiko, and Tateyama.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number107‐4‐0]

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Hotel Vesna with Pier

The photograph captures the Hotel Vesna ( spring in Russian) managed by Michinaga Ei and the pier leading to it. This hotel was opened in November 1893. The Asahi-machi Hamasaki Suisan Apartment Block is located here today, and a road runs below the cliff. Mt. Inasa is visible in the background. This photograph clearly depicts the land formation and location of the hotel. O-Ei's Pier is visible below.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number107‐3‐0]

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The Russian Cemetery at Goshinji Temple

An international cemetery is located in the grounds of Goshinji Temple in Inasa. The people buried here include Dutch and Chinese who died in the Edo Period and Russians, Americans and Britons from the foreign settlement period. After Putyatin and his squadron of four Russian ships landed here in 1853, the Inasa area was used frequently by Russian visitors.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number107‐6‐0]

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Morooka Matsu’s Volga Restaurant

The restaurant Volga was managed by Morooka Matsu and located at Shiga-no-Hatowariishi in Inasa. This restaurant catered to Russians. This is the area of the road in present-day Asahi-machi leading to Asahi-Ohashi bridge. In the Edo Period, the area on the western side of Nagasaki Harbour was the village of Urakamifuchi. The Shiga family served as the village headman for generations. This wharf was built by the family. A Russian officer's club was also located here. Taken around 1887.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number107‐5‐0]

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Nagasaki Inasa Coast

Nagasaki Inasa Coast==Date:Early Meiji, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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Goshinji Temple at Inasa

Goshinji Temple at Inasa==Date:1865, Place:nagasaki, Photo:A.F. Bauduin, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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Nagasaki viewed from Mt. Inasa

Nagasaki viewed from Mt. Inasa==Date:1864, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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Inasa cape

Inasa cape==Date:about 1874, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:Tomishige Rihei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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The Russian Cemetery at Goshinji Temple in Inasa

The Russian Cemetery at Goshinji Temple in Inasa==Date:about 1874, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:Ueno Hikoma?, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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Nagasaki Inasa Coast

Nagasaki Inasa Coast==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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Cemetery at Goshinji Temple in Inasa

Cemetery at Goshinji Temple in Inasa==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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Nagasaki Inasa Coast

Nagasaki Inasa Coast==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:Ueno Hikoma, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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Day before 75th A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

Photo taken from Mt. Inasa shows a night view of Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 8, 2020, a day before the 75th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the city.

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74th A-bomb anniversary in Nagasaki

People view Nagasaki city from an observatory set up at Mt. Inasa on Aug. 8, 2019, a day before the 74th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the southwestern Japan city. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nagasaki, birthplace of Nobel Prize-winning author Ishiguro

Photo taken from Mount Inasa on Dec. 19, 2017 shows view of the port of Nagasaki, birthplace of British Nobel Prize-winning author Kazuo Ishiguro and the setting for his 1982 debut novel "A Pale View of Hills." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's MSA ships leave for joint drills with S. Korea+

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Crew members of three Japan's Maritime Safety Agency (MSA) vessels stand at salute at Moji port in the southwestern Japan city of Kitakyushu on Oct. 3 before leaving for joint drills with South Korean vessels, in which they will simulate the rescue and cleanup of a collision of two vessels. The patrol boats are the 3,200-ton Echigo, the 1,200-ton Hakata, and the 180-ton Inasa.