![Colorful, cartoony Imari-bound train](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/97/490897/3/102859524.XmCDEpGZ.jpg) Colorful, cartoony Imari-bound train |
![Royal Chester Church in Imari](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/97/490897/3/102859528.nOcawopJ.jpg) Royal Chester Church in Imari |
![Porcelain vase near Imari station](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/97/490897/3/102859531.A8eGT9EH.jpg) Porcelain vase near Imari station |
![Stepping off the train at Tabira-Hirado-guchi](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/97/490897/3/102859535.8UCPFSoF.jpg) Stepping off the train at Tabira-Hirado-guchi |
![View of Hirado town from Tabira's waterfront](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/97/490897/3/102859541.5uP3iqoP.jpg) View of Hirado town from Tabira's waterfront |
![Traditional-style building in central Hirado](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/97/490897/3/102859544.xwuBDxJG.jpg) Traditional-style building in central Hirado |
![Christian alcoves on a downtown building](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/97/490897/3/102859548.1bty7zNX.jpg) Christian alcoves on a downtown building |
![Backstreet in Sakigata-machi](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/97/490897/3/102859551.w8NSQGPG.jpg) Backstreet in Sakigata-machi |
![Remnants of the old Dutch Wall](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/97/490897/3/102859553.a6P0f14P.jpg) Remnants of the old Dutch Wall |
![Site of the former Dutch wharf](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/97/490897/3/102859556.npB4b5O1.jpg) Site of the former Dutch wharf |
![Model of the old 17th-century Dutch trading post](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/97/490897/3/102859559.ihX5wCEY.jpg) Model of the old 17th-century Dutch trading post |
![Squid and fish set out to dry](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/97/490897/3/102859561.Jz1g9pci.jpg) Squid and fish set out to dry |
![Sakigata-machi street](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/97/490897/3/102859564.m1Ek9YN2.jpg) Sakigata-machi street |
![400-Year Anniversary bell tower](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/97/490897/3/102859566.VVt8ZmFf.jpg) 400-Year Anniversary bell tower |
![Hirado's central harbor](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/97/490897/3/102859569.i5uN87Wy.jpg) Hirado's central harbor |
![Saiwai-bashi (Dutch Bridge)](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/97/490897/3/102859572.VtimsYp8.jpg) Saiwai-bashi (Dutch Bridge) |
![Entrance slop to Hirado-jō](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/97/490897/3/102859576.FMWsKdn2.jpg) Entrance slop to Hirado-jō |
![Restored keep of Hirado-jō](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/97/490897/3/102859579.HTwcdEt1.jpg) Restored keep of Hirado-jō |
![View over the strait towards Kyūshū](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/97/490897/3/102859582.cCjRpl2k.jpg) View over the strait towards Kyūshū |
![Pagoda at Okuno-in in the distance](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/97/490897/3/102859585.dWQwGP0Z.jpg) Pagoda at Okuno-in in the distance |
![New port of Hirado with castle turret](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/97/490897/3/102859588.trbW9GxV.jpg) New port of Hirado with castle turret |
![View towards St. Francis Xavier Church](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/97/490897/3/102859591.lhbJch8g.jpg) View towards St. Francis Xavier Church |
![Looking down on the waterfront](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/97/490897/3/102859594.6meI3BAa.jpg) Looking down on the waterfront |
![Hirado harbor viewed from the castle](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/97/490897/3/102863546.fQjLnSnL.jpg) Hirado harbor viewed from the castle |
![Jizōzaka-yagura from the Kitakoguchi-mon](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/97/490897/3/102863551.MnzDMuwG.jpg) Jizōzaka-yagura from the Kitakoguchi-mon |
![Reconstructed Kaiju-yagura](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/97/490897/3/102863554.o9M3ZFzV.jpg) Reconstructed Kaiju-yagura |
![Statue of Nakayama Aiko](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/97/490897/3/102863558.yYvF5leJ.jpg) Statue of Nakayama Aiko |
![Kameoka-jinja in the outer castle grounds](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/97/490897/3/102863563.hN7buiNd.jpg) Kameoka-jinja in the outer castle grounds |
![Beside the Jizōzaka-yagura](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/97/490897/3/102863565.9Tq6aq5c.jpg) Beside the Jizōzaka-yagura |
![Below the Kensō-yagura](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/97/490897/3/102863569.Mgc5KeU5.jpg) Below the Kensō-yagura |
![Steps up to the Matsuura Historical Museum](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/97/490897/3/102863572.LgBC0QeD.jpg) Steps up to the Matsuura Historical Museum |
![Matsuura Historical Museum inner grounds](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/97/490897/3/102863573.DWq3rFWy.jpg) Matsuura Historical Museum inner grounds |
![Over the roofs of Hirado](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/97/490897/3/102863575.TlijYQ2N.jpg) Over the roofs of Hirado |
![Tiled machiya roofs](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/97/490897/3/102863577.S81aVJbI.jpg) Tiled machiya roofs |
![Hirado-jō with the distant Hirado Ōhashi](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/97/490897/3/102863582.a4xJQtwq.jpg) Hirado-jō with the distant Hirado Ōhashi |
![Monument to St. Francis Xavier](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/97/490897/3/102863585.Jwg3Kb4i.jpg) Monument to St. Francis Xavier |
![Gravesite of William Adams (Anjin Miura)](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/97/490897/3/102863589.BGrhNLk1.jpg) Gravesite of William Adams (Anjin Miura) |
![Plaque commemorating Adams and his wife](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/97/490897/3/102863593.LxP6Yp0h.jpg) Plaque commemorating Adams and his wife |
![Leaning bamboo](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/97/490897/3/102863598.PwTAMjF9.jpg) Leaning bamboo |
![View through the bamboo forest](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/97/490897/3/102863606.023sXVUv.jpg) View through the bamboo forest |
![Arch leading to the Francis Xavier Monument](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/97/490897/3/102863610.npM7914P.jpg) Arch leading to the Francis Xavier Monument |
![Chinese-style hexagonal well](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/97/490897/3/102863611.bdmyhbGg.jpg) Chinese-style hexagonal well |
![400-year old giant cycad](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/97/490897/3/102863612.rREMGcIM.jpg) 400-year old giant cycad |
![Mirrored backstreet in Ura-no-machi](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/97/490897/3/102863614.zRZ8D2Kk.jpg) Mirrored backstreet in Ura-no-machi |
![Mary figure and devotee](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/97/490897/3/102863619.AGpLi4w5.jpg) Mary figure and devotee |
![St. Francis Xavier Memorial Church](https://a4.pbase.com/g3/97/490897/3/102863627.VvcgbMfG.jpg) St. Francis Xavier Memorial Church |
![Interior of the memorial church](https://a4.pbase.com/g1/97/490897/3/102984214.APfR5cOD.jpg) Interior of the memorial church |
![Behind the church](https://a4.pbase.com/g1/97/490897/3/102984219.c2oozwKl.jpg) Behind the church |
![Buddhist graveyard](https://a4.pbase.com/g1/97/490897/3/102984223.f028DWB9.jpg) Buddhist graveyard |
![Tomb of daimyō Takanobu](https://a4.pbase.com/g1/97/490897/3/102984227.2LPYx0gA.jpg) Tomb of daimyō Takanobu |
![Tour group walking up the temple slope](https://a4.pbase.com/g1/97/490897/3/102984230.sXlHpRC6.jpg) Tour group walking up the temple slope |
![Paired shachi on a temple gate](https://a4.pbase.com/g1/97/490897/3/102984232.aDLpYCAo.jpg) Paired shachi on a temple gate |
![Harbor view from the temple district](https://a4.pbase.com/g1/97/490897/3/102984233.21nWJ412.jpg) Harbor view from the temple district |
![View down the slope](https://a4.pbase.com/g1/97/490897/3/102984234.VIi7Grhy.jpg) View down the slope |
![Portuguese ship model and Hirado Castle](https://a4.pbase.com/g1/97/490897/3/102984236.k4K19DK3.jpg) Portuguese ship model and Hirado Castle |
![Boats on Hirado harbor](https://a4.pbase.com/g1/97/490897/3/102984238.VYLRvnb4.jpg) Boats on Hirado harbor |
![Hirado-jō and harborside buildings](https://a4.pbase.com/g1/97/490897/3/102984239.BL5Kmu1u.jpg) Hirado-jō and harborside buildings |
![Statue of the Jagatara Girl](https://a4.pbase.com/g1/97/490897/3/102984241.ltS0CDG5.jpg) Statue of the Jagatara Girl |
![Monument of the former English Trading Post](https://a4.pbase.com/g1/97/490897/3/102984243.vl9Ttmli.jpg) Monument of the former English Trading Post |
![Site of the old English Trading House](https://a4.pbase.com/g1/97/490897/3/102984245.dR0JDqRs.jpg) Site of the old English Trading House |
![Former Anjin Miura house](https://a4.pbase.com/g1/97/490897/3/102984247.Uv6SKPzc.jpg) Former Anjin Miura house |
![Sanjūdaitō and Oku-no-in](https://a4.pbase.com/g1/97/490897/3/102984252.g5JwI3kE.jpg) Sanjūdaitō and Oku-no-in |
![Sanjūdaitō (Three-storied Pagoda)](https://a4.pbase.com/g1/97/490897/3/102984254.q3X6B8mm.jpg) Sanjūdaitō (Three-storied Pagoda) |
![Hirado Ōhashi](https://a4.pbase.com/g1/97/490897/3/102984257.y7nLqywM.jpg) Hirado Ōhashi |
![View over Tabira's waterfront](https://a4.pbase.com/g1/97/490897/3/102984259.xE5RhC6p.jpg) View over Tabira's waterfront |
![Barge and ship with Hirado beyond](https://a4.pbase.com/g1/97/490897/3/102984261.owxqqEce.jpg) Barge and ship with Hirado beyond |
![Tabira-Hirado-guchi Station](https://a4.pbase.com/g1/97/490897/3/102984265.Egt45lRe.jpg) Tabira-Hirado-guchi Station |
![Private Matsuura Rail train bound for Sasebo](https://a4.pbase.com/g1/97/490897/3/102984267.FvxZhG5e.jpg) Private Matsuura Rail train bound for Sasebo |