Christian Pilgrimage tours in Nagasaki region

Nagasaki is a sacred place of Christianity where Pope and Saint Mother

Teresa officially visited.

Where to visit

Sotome Pilgrimage sites : Shitsu Church, Former Shitsu Aid Center, 

Endo Shusaku Literary Museum, Nagasaki-city : Ground Zero,

Martyrdom of the 26 Saints of Japan and Oura Cathedral  

Nagasaki has arduous and sacrifice histories during the ban on

Christianity, such as Shimabara Rebellion and many religious

persecutions.

Where to visit

Sotome Pilgrimage sites, Nagasaki-city,  Unzen, Shimabara included

Harajp Castle ruins

Introduce how Christians have been continued their faith 

Where to visit

Sotome Pilgrimage sites, Nagasaki-city,  Unzen, Shimabara included

Harajp Castle ruins, Amakusa, Hirado

Christian history in Japan was started when St. Francis Xavier came

to Japan in 1549. Then Christianity was spread in Nagasaki region.

However, unparalleled hidden Cristian History was started from when

Toyotomi Hideyoshi Shogunate proclaimed Christian ban in 1587. During

ban on Christianity, people secretly continued to faith while surviving

in the midst of the conventional society and Japanese religions.