What other travelers are saying about Dejima Island
Enjoyed some delicious sausage, fried food and some salad to help balance things out, while looking out into the ocean. With big sofa seats, a pretty good place to relax and enjoy some good food!
Crowd Size: Average
Payment Method: Credit Card
Dejima operated as the exclusive trading site between Japan and the Dutch East India Company (VOC). Japanese officials closely monitored the exchange of goods and information, allowing silk, sugar, deer hides, and other goods into Japan while exporting precious metals and crafts.
Dejima was inhabited by a small number of Dutch merchants, scholars, and staff from the VOC, along with Japanese interpreters, officials, and service providers. The population size varied but was generally around a few dozen Europeans.
Despite Japan's isolationist policies, Dejima became a crucial window for cultural and scientific exchange. Through Dejima, Japan received Western innovations in medicine, astronomy, and technology and exported Japanese culture and goods.
Yes, several notable figures visited Dejima, including German physician Philipp Franz von Siebold in the 19th century, who contributed significantly to Western knowledge of Japanese flora, fauna, and medicine.
Yes, Dejima has been partially reconstructed and preserved as a historical site. Visitors can explore restored buildings, exhibits and learn about its history as Japan's gateway to the West during the Edo period.
Wonderful place overlooking the bay. Good food and drinks, a place to spend a very pleasant few hours watching the world and ships go by.
A mix of cuisines and service was swift and easy.
A good place and location to visit when in Nagasaki
Walked up without a booking at around 5:30pm. Was told we could use a table until 7pm. Needed to chase a waiter to place our order. Ordered a steak each and a beer each. Beers arrived promptly- steaks soon after. At 6:15 we ordered another beer. We were asked if we could finish by 7pm - “7 o’clock ok?” We responded “yes”. At 6:35 a waitress came and suggested we move tables. Using Google translate we suggested we’d be finished in 10 minutes. That was well received. Seven minutes later we were effectively asked to leave - politely but unnecessarily. We paid and were gone in 2 minutes. The anxiety certainly impacted the experience. We hung around and observed that the table was cleared by 6:45. It really was a 60 second job. Repeated contact was unnecessary
Asked for a thick steak, rare, got 2 thin ones well done; asked for a draught beer but as the young lady walked away I saw the mega so I called her to change it. In the end I was being charged for both the mega and the normal draught. This is a recurring thing in Japan- watch your restaurant bills! So many times I’ve had to dispute the bill for being overcharged. All got sorted in the end!
Food was good but I ordered Gelato for dessert afterwards and it never came. Looks like it was canceled? There might have been some miscommunication between me and the waitress. I ended up waiting 20 minutes for something that was never coming so it was disappointing
