Explore: Hirado
General Info
Historically known as Firando it is located in the Nagasaki Prefecture. With recent mergers, the city’s boundaries have expanded, and Hirado now occupies parts of the main island of Kyushu.
Early western traders were accompanied by Christian missionaries, and the religion gained a bit of a foothold in Hirado and across Nagasaki Prefecture. However, as the religion’s influence grew, the Tokugawa Shogunate responded by expelling missionaries and banning Christianity for more than two centuries and the hills are still dotted with Christian churches and Buddist temples.
Hirado was the first trading post of the Dutch East India Company and is wonderfully preserved. It now capitalizes on tourism with streets lined with Dutch period houses interspersed with traditional Japanese homes.
Position: 33° 22″ 18′ N 129° 33″ 32′ E (harbour entrance).
Clearance
Check in at the information centre.
Docking
Docking
There is a pontoon in front of the information centre where it is possible to moor up.
Ashore
There are toilets and wifi at the information centre and well-stocked supermarkets in town.
Fuel can be delivered by arrangement with the petrol station that is in view to the left of the pontoon. The exact quantity ordered will be delivered.
Trash can be left at the information centre but a charge will be levied.
Last updated: June 2015
