Nagasaki Customs

明治23(1890)年9月､梅香崎に完成した旧長崎税関の新庁舎｡明治32(1899)年に管轄区域に周防･長門が加わった｡大正12(1923)年に日華連絡線として長崎丸と上海丸が就航し､大陸との交通が増大し､昭和3(1928)年に新庁舎が完成するまで写真の税関庁舎が使われた｡The new Nagasaki Custom House completed at Umegasaki in September 1890. In 1899, the districts of Suo and Nagato (present-day Yamaguchi Prefecture) came under its jurisdiction. The Nagasaki-maru and Shanghai-maru began service between Japan and China in 1923. This building was used until the Custom House was moved to a new building in 1928 as a result of the increase in traffic between Japan and the continent