| The settlements in the opened ports were a sort of window into the wonders of the west for Japan, which had long been isolated from the world, and functioned as strongholds of enlightenment and civilization. |
開港場の居留地は、長く鎖国下にあった日本にとって西洋文明のショーウィンドーとなり、文明開化の拠点であった。 |