page_title: Nagasaki foreign settlement
hierarchical_section_title: Nagasaki foreign settlement
caption_attribution_description: English: Japanese hand tinted postcard view of the Foreign Settlement Area in Oura, Nagasaki 日本語: 長崎大浦居留地通　手彩色絵葉書
context_page_description: The Nagasaki foreign settlement, sometimes called the Oura foreign settlement, was an area in Nagasaki, Japan, settled by foreigners as Japan opened its doors to Western trade. The area was established by treaties between the West and Japan in the mid-to-late 1850s, and remained an important center of Western life in Japan until the outbreak of World War II.
  This settlement saw many firsts for Japan, including the first international telegraph and also the first use of a steam locomotive, the "Iron Duke," on a short track in the Oura district.
  Nagasaki holds a festival in mid-September that focuses on the foreign settlement.
context_section_description: The Nagasaki foreign settlement (長崎居留地), sometimes called the Oura foreign settlement (大浦居留地), was an area in Nagasaki, Japan, settled by foreigners as Japan opened its doors to Western trade. The area was established by treaties between the West and Japan in the mid-to-late 1850s, and remained an important center of Western life in Japan until the outbreak of World War II.
  This settlement saw many firsts for Japan, including the first international telegraph and also the first use of a steam locomotive, the "Iron Duke," on a short track in the Oura district.
  Nagasaki holds a festival in mid-September that focuses on the foreign settlement.
caption: Oura district, Nagasaki
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