After I saw the former British Consulate of Nagasaki, I visited Glover Garden.
Thomas Blake Glover(1838-1911) was a Scottish merchant who came to Nagasaki in 1859. At first he worked for Jardin Matheson and two years later he founded his own firm- Glover Trading Co. His achievement was so great that he was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun in 1908.
This is a statue of Puccini(1858-1924). 
This is a statue of Tamaki Miura(1884-1946), an opera singer who became famous for her role as Madam butterfly.
Glover's family picture. From left to right, Tomotaro(his son),sister,brother, daughter,Glover and Tomitaro's wife
At a reception held by Admiral Heihachiro Togo in 1905. Togo is sitting in front of Glover who is wearing a silk hat in the center.
Floats used for the Nagasaki's festival 'Kunchi'
Dragons are also important tools for the Nagasaki festival.
Another soprano, Teiko Kiwa(1902-1983).She was born in Yokohama. When she was 17, she went to Milan. In 1922 she made a debut as an opera singer playing the role as Madam Butterfly. Kiwa was her beloved grandmother's first name who got married to a Dutch pharmacologist. Her mother also got married to a Dutch.
These are the pictures I took at Glover Garden.
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