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Nagasaki Chinatown began as a single warehouse built in 1702 to store cargo brought into Japan from China through Dejima Island. The official name is Shinchi Chinatown. Over 40 restaurants, souvenir shops and sundry shops fill the roughly 250 square meter area, which is on reclaimed land.



About 100 years ago, the founder of a restaurant called Shikairo wanted to make something both healthy and affordable for the Chinese students that were there, studying abroad, so he took a south-eastern Chinese dish and added local Nagasaki ingredients in an original arrangement. Usual ingredients include onion, cabbage, bean sprouts, Jew's ear mushrooms, fish cakes, pork, squid and other seafood such as clams, with an average of about 10 different ingredients. The soup differs between shops, with options such as pork bone broth or chicken broth, for example.

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https://www.fun-japan.jp/en/articles/10366