After the purge of foreigners, only a few stayed on, strictly confined to Dejima Island in Nagasaki Bay.

Carl Peter Thunberg described the species from cultivated material collected in Japan between August 1775 and November 1776 while based on Dejima Island in Nagasaki Bay.

Boat tours begin from the pier at Ohata Port Terminal, taking you on a fascinating 50-minute cruise around Nagasaki Bay.

Nagasaki Bay is a typical area in Japan where seiches have been observed from time to time, most often in the spring - especially in March.

Seiches in Western Kyushu - including Nagasaki Bay - are often induced by a low in the atmospheric pressure passing South of Kyushu island.

Seiches in Nagasaki Bay have a period of about 30 to 40 minutes.

Nagasaki Bay can be:

On May 16, the naval squadron reached Nagasaki Bay and a week later lowered anchor near the mouth of the Han.

During the filming of the movie, last year, the two spent time in close quarters aboard the ship in Nagasaki Bay, an experience that Bjork described as being unexpectedly comfortable.

Their little community on Dejima Island, in Nagasaki Bay, sheltered the only remaining foreigners left in the country.