mexico was also considering having a diplomatic exchange with japan or qing to start international trading with east asia . ちょうどメキシコも、東アジアとの貿易の為に日本、または清と交流を持ちたいと思っていた矢先のことだった。
in july , 1180 , overriding resistance from the clan , kiyomori visited fukuhara in fukuharakyo in an attempt to relocate the capital to a place where the base of the taira clan , which was an international trading port , owada no tomari , (owada port , currently in kobe city , hyogo prefecture ), could be overlooked . 治承4年（1180年）6月、一門の反対を押し切り、平氏の拠点である国際貿易港の大輪田泊（現在の兵庫県神戸市）を望む地への遷都を目指して福原京福原行幸を強行する。
nagasaki was the only port that had been open to international trading since the edo period , and as such the settlement had flourished due to the large number of foreigners who had taken up unofficial residence there; beginning in the meiji period , however , it saw comparatively little development , and indeed prospered more as a sort of health resort for foreigners living in shanghai and other concessions in china rather than as a settlement in its own right . 江戸時代から日本唯一の対外貿易港であった長崎の居留地には、当初、多数の外国人が押しかけて繁栄したが、明治になると長崎居留地はそれほど発達せず、むしろ上海市を中心とする中国租界在住の欧米人の保養地として賑わうようになった。
