Paco, Manila

Dilao was in the reign of the Spaniards in 1600, a settlement of 3,000 Japanese in the district of Paco Manila. The name possibly comes from the Tagalog word for yellow, " dilaw ".

Many of the residents had left for their Christian faith Japan and arrived on December 21, 1614, led by the Japanese Samurai Takayama Ukon ( after baptism by the Portuguese Dom Justo Takayama ). The colony was visited by the Blessed Luis Sotelo.

The Japanese knüpften close trade relations with a number of coastal settlements - long before the Spanish arrived. The Japanese in Manila were then placed under the spiritual care of the Franciscans ( OFM). A statue of Takayama still stands today in Manila.

Today Dilao is traversed by the President Quirino Avenue -. A branch of this road was named in memory of the once thriving Japanese community Dilao Plaza.

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