Nagasaki / UNESCO Hidden Christian sites One-day tour
Travelling Nagasaki-city including Sotome for the Hidden Christian sites and related sites.
Japanese Christianity has a long history of continuing faith while coexisting with Japanese
traditional religion Shinto and General society.
Japan’s unique practice of the Christian faith continued even during the ban on Christianity.
Hidden Christian Site in Nagasaki-city , Shimabara and Amakusa regions bear unique
testimony to the tradition of people and their communities who secretly transmittraryed their
faith in Christianity while surviving in the midst of the conventional society and its religions
during the time of prohibition.
The tour introduces how Christians have been continued their faith since Christianity was
propagated to Japan, by visiting Hidden Christian sites and related sites in Nagasaki-city.
Travelling route
Tour conditions
The tour is the private tour exclusively for your group.
・Minimum number : 2 person
・Maxum number : 30 person
・Tour date : please specify the date
・English speaking tour attendant escorts your journey to produce a pleasant trip.
・Chartered vehicle is utilized as per number of person.
Itinerary
8:00 Depart Fukuoka-city
Transfer to Nagasaki-city using Kyushu Expressway and Nagasaki highway, 2hours
Exlore Unesco World Heritage sites and related sites in Nagasaki-city
Sotome area Hidden Christian Site
Lunch at Nagaaski Wharf or China Town
Exlore Unesco World Heritage sites and related sites
Martyrdom of the 26 Saints of Japan
Transfer to Fukuoka-cuty using Nagasaki Expressway and Kyushu Expressway, 2hours
18:00 Arrive at Fukuoka-city
Where to visit
Sotome area Hidden Christian Site / UNESCO World Heritage
When he discovered the underground Christians, Petitjean realized that there were many
other Christians hiding in the Sotome region.
He appointed de Rotz as the parish priest of the Shitsu and Kurosaki districts.
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Shitsu Church |
Former Shitsu Aid Centre |
The Statue of Mary |
Originally constructed in 1895 as a brick Romanesque building, after a long-standing ban on
Christianity was lifted. When completed in 1914, it was the largest Catholic church in East Asia.
The atomic bomb dropped on August 9, 1945 explored in Urakami, only 500m from the
cathedral, which was completely destroyed. What remained of the cathedral is now on display
in the Atomic Bomb Museum.
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A replacement the Cathedral was built in 1959 |
Ruins of destroyed Urakami Cathedral are displayed |
Ruins of destroyed Cathedral, displayed nearby Ground Zero |
Lunch at Nagaaski Wharf or China Town
Elegant international & domestic tourist harbour. Made up of around 20 unique shops and
restaurants lined up at the water front, offering various choices such Japanese, Western,
and Italian cuisine, to beauty salons, outdoor shops and more.
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Nagasaki China town at shinchi is one of the big three china town in Japan.
There are about 50 Chinese restaurants and many Chinese sundries shops in there.
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Martyrdom of the 26 Saints of Japan
Nishizaka Hill in Nagasaki is the place of Martyrdom of 26 Japanese Saints.
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Nishizaka hill, the site of Martyrdom in 1597 |
The martyrs said that ” All people, bless God ! ” |
The 26 Japanese martyrs have been canonized in 1862 |
Oura Cathedral / UNESCO World Heritage
Basilica of Martyrdom of the 26 Saints of Japan. Built in 1865 under the supervision of the French
priest Bernard Petitjean. It was designated as a National Treasure in 1933 for its value as Japan’s
oldest Gothic-style Cathedral.
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Entrance gate of Oura Cathedral |
Japan’s oldest Gothic-style Cathedral building |
Statue of Mary, at entrance of Cathedral, installed in 1867 |
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