Confucius Shrine (孔子廟; Koshi-byo), Nagasaki

Finally, we were visited to Confucius Shrine. The original shrine was built in 1893 by Chinese residents of Nagasaki but was destroyed by the atomic bomb explosion on 9 August 1945 and were not restored and opened to the public until September 1967. The shrine was extensively renovated in 1982.

Standing outside the shrine are 72 statues representing the 72 followers of Confucius.

A building at the rear of the shrine houses the Museum of Chinese History and Palace Museum. It features large illuminated photographs of the old Silk Road and models of early Chinese inventions such as the world's first seismograph. Displayed on the second floor are more than 80 treasure-class articles of varying antiquity on loan directly from the Chinese National Museum and Palace Museum in Beijing.