Nagasaki

is the capital city of Nagasaki Prefecture in Japan.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2002). "Nagasaki" in Japan Encyclopedia, pp. 682-683.

Nagasaki was founded by the Portuguese in the late 16th century.

It has been recognized as a core city since 1997.Jacobs, A.J.  "Japan's Evolving Nested Municipal Hierarchy: The Race for Local Power in the 2000s," Urban Studies Research, Vol. 2011 (2011), p. 8 [PDF 8 of 14]; retrieved 2012-12-5.

History
Nagasaki was founded by the Portuguese in the late 16th century. During the Edo period, Nagasaki was the only port in which trade with other countries was permitted because of the national isolation policy (sakoku).Nussbaum, "Sakoku-rei" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 813.

In the 1870s, Nagasaki became the capital city of the prefecture which evolved from the former province.

On August 9, 1945, Nagasaki was the second of two Japanese cities which were destroyed with an atomic bomb near the end of the Second World War.

Related pages
 Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
 Hashima

 References 

 Other websites 

 Nagasaki official website ; 長崎市
 VISIT NAGASAKI Official Tourism Website for Nagasaki City