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Hirado (平戸市, Hirado-shi) is a Japanese city in Nagasaki Prefecture.^[1]

Hirado has been a port since the Nara period. ^[source?]

During the Edo period, Hirado was the seat of the Hirado Domain. The city developed around Hirado Castle (Hirado-jō).^[1]

The first Frenchman to arrive in Japan was Francis Caron. He live in Hirado.^[1]

The city is located on the island of the same name; and it has expanded to the island of Kyūshū. The two parts of the city are connected by the Hirado Bridge which was built in 1977.^[source?]

Media related to Hirado, Nagasaki at Wikimedia Commons

• http://www.city.hirado.nagasaki.jp/english/home.htm Archived 2008-07-27 at the Wayback Machine; (in Japanese)
• American Friendship Doll at Hirado Kindergarten Archived 2012-02-04 at the Wayback Machine

33°22′N 129°33′E / 33.367°N 129.550°E / 33.367; 129.550

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