Peru's Machu Picchu to ink friendship pact with Fukushima village

Peru's Machu Picchu to ink friendship pact with Fukushima village

File photo taken in August 2012 shows the famous Incan citadel ruins of Machu Picchu in Peru. The village of Machu Picchu has agreed to sign in Peru in October a friendship agreement with Otama in Japan's Fukushima Prefecture. The first Machu Picchu headman was said to be a man named Yokichi Nouchi hailing from the Japanese village. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Peru's Machu Picchu, Fukushima village to sign friendship pact

Peru's Machu Picchu, Fukushima village to sign friendship pact

Toshikazu Oshiyama (L), head of Otama village, Fukushima Prefecture, shakes hands with Peruvian Ambassador to Japan Elard Escala at a press conference in the northeastern Japanese village on Sept. 3, 2015. The two sides announced a friendship agreement will be signed in Peru in October between Otama and Machu Picchu village, known for its Incan citadel ruins. The first Machu Picchu headman was said to be a man named Yokichi Nouchi hailing from the Japanese village. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Pier at The Russian Settlement at Inasa

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)

Morooka Matsu’s Volga Restaurant

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]