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Tanegashima is an island several hours south of Kagoshima where guns were first officially introduced to Japan by Portuguese merchants in 1543. Guns had been used sporadically before but it was the Tanegashima introduction that started an arms race which by 1600 Japan had more guns than all of Europe did supposedly.
This demonstration with replica matchlocks was part of their summer festival:
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Japan is lovely