Located in the northern part of Shanghai, Baoshan District borders the Yangtze River in the northeast, Huangpu River in the east, Yangpu District, Hongkou District, Jing’an District and Putuo District in the south, Jiading District in the west, and Taicang City, Jiangsu Province in the northwest.

Kumamoto is a city on the Japanese island of Kyushu. Kumamoto Castle dates back to the 17th century. On the castle grounds is the reconstructed Honmaru Goten Palace with its ornate reception rooms and murals. Kumamoto Prefectural Museum of Art shows both European works and Edo-period prints. Southeast of the city center is Suizenji Garden, a Japanese landscape garden with a central pond, created in the 1630s.

Nagasaki, City, western Kyushu, Japan. It is a seaport and commercial city at the mouth of the Urakami River, where it empties into Nagasaki Harbour. It was the only Japanese port open to foreign trade in 1639–1859. After the Portuguese and English traders were expelled in 1639, only the Dutch, Chinese, and Koreans were allowed into the harbour. In the 19th century it was the winter port of the Russian Asiatic fleet (until 1903).

Located in the northern part of Shanghai, Baoshan District borders the Yangtze River in the northeast, Huangpu River in the east, Yangpu District, Hongkou District, Jing’an District and Putuo District in the south, Jiading District in the west, and Taicang City, Jiangsu Province in the northwest.