The Netherlands and Japan, two countries that cannot be beaten by eight rods, are actually friends for hundreds of years, and as for why they can maintain friendly relations for hundreds of years, I will give you a brief description.
(Dutch Windmills)
The Netherlands is not a big country in the world now, but people will think of dutch windmills when they mention the Netherlands, dutch windmills are indeed quite famous, but do you know that the Netherlands had a title before? That is, the "sea coachman", as the name suggests, is often transported by sea, when the Dutch ran almost all over the world, trading with all countries in the world. However, before the nineteenth century, Japan also pursued a closed country policy, began to trade with other countries in addition to trade with the Qing Dynasty, and then the Netherlands joined the trade with Japan, that is, for a long time Japan only traded with the Qing Dynasty and the Netherlands.
(Shimabara Rebellion)
Before the 17th century, Japan was still open to the West, but over time, Western religions were widely introduced into Japan, especially Catholicism, in 1634, Japan Shimabara, Amakusa region of large-scale natural disasters, to 1637 Shimabara and Amakusa region of the people rose up against the Edo shogunate, at that time because Japan Edo is very far from Shimabara, can not quickly support, plus in many times to suppress the rebel army have failed, and the more fierce the suppression of the rebel army, the Edo shogunate can not take up the rebel army. Soon after the Tokugawa shogunate came to power, the policy of blocking the rebel army was implemented, in an attempt to make the rebel army run out of food and defeat, but the initial effect was not obvious, at this time the Dutch approached the Tokugawa shogunate, saying that the Netherlands could help Japan suppress the uprising, so the Tokugawa shogunate asked the Dutch fleet to shell Shimabara, and the rebel army failed without grain and grass and suppressed by strong firepower. The Shimabara Rebellion ended, the Tokugawa shogunate began to investigate the causes, learned that most of the rebels were Catholics, so the Tokugawa family realized the threat of Catholicism, and began to expel Western traders, the Dutch saw the situation was not good, promised the Japanese Tokugawa shogunate not to spread Catholicism, and when Japan needed help at any time to help, the Tokugawa shogunate was also grateful to the Netherlands for helping to suppress the rebels, so it retained the Dutch trade power, the Netherlands was also between the 17th century and the 19th century, The only Western country where Japan is legally traded.
in Dutch Slope
Thus established an alliance between the Netherlands and Japan. There are still many cultures or buildings in Japan that are related to the Netherlands. For example, there is a Dutch village in Nishipi Town, Nagasaki Prefecture, which was designed and built in the medieval Dutch style, and its facilities have an annual capacity of 1 million people. The total area is 22233 square meters, and the construction area is 5871 square meters. The village was established on the one hand to further strengthen cultural exchanges between Japan and the Netherlands, and at the same time to provide a place for citizens to visit, visit, shop, and spend time; for example, there is a famous Dutch slope in Japan, a section of the slope under the Huoshui College, Japan's first women's college, located in the exotic Higashiyamae. From the Edo period to the Meiji period, many foreigners walked through this ramp. Because Japan had long trade with the Netherlands, the Nagasaki people at that time called all Western foreigners "Mr. Dutch". Foreigners have to pass through this place when they pray, so the stone ramp is called "Dutch slope", which means "the stone ramp where the Dutch come and go", which shows the Japanese people's feelings for the Netherlands. Before the nineteenth century, Japan was popular in an academic called "orchidology", in the 18th and 19th centuries, Japan in order to master Western science and technology, once worked hard to learn the Dutch language, when they called Western science and technology collectively called orchidology, but after Japan was forced to open the door, "orchidology" basically lost its status.
During World War II, because the Netherlands had many colonies in South Asia, Japan invaded these colonies, and naturally there were many contradictions and even conflicts with the Netherlands, and the relations between Japan and the Netherlands during this period were very tense. After the end of World War II, Japan, as a defeated country, was naturally not very rich or even poor at home, and then began to carry out industry, industrial revival, and resumed trade with the Netherlands, and now the relationship between Japan and the Netherlands is also relatively close. At present, Japan's domestic land reclamation technology and garbage classification system are all learned from the Netherlands, and it can be said that the rise of Japan and the establishment of the system are inextricably linked to the Netherlands.