Fukuoka Castle was built by feudal lord Nagamasa Kuroda in Fukuoka-city in 1601 and was called Maizuru castle.  Part of stone wall and canal, and the Tamon tower are still left intact as they were back then. There …

Fukuoka Castle Ruins…の続きを読む

  Nishizaka Hill in Nagasaki is the place of Martyrdom of 26 Japanese Saints.  The 26 Martyrs of Japan were a group of Catholics who were executed by  crucifixion on February 5, 1597. The Twenty-six Christians, incl …

Nishizaka Hill…の続きを読む

  A Gothic-looking church is located on a cove of a fishing village in Amakusa. In 1934, a French priest Augustin Halbout MEP purchased the premises of the former village headman and built a wooden and concrete fini …

Sakitsu Church, in Amakusa…の続きを読む

  The Church is a Pilgrimage site and is the oldest Catholic Church in Amakusa and was one of the first churches built right after the ban on Christianity was lifted. The Romanesque-style architecture and the chalky …

Oe Cathedral, in Amakusa…の続きを読む