Saint Lorenzo Ruiz, the first Filipino saint, was martyred at Nishizaka in Nagasaki in 1637. He was canonized in 1987. A statue of St. Lorenzo was donated to Nakamachi Church, which is closely associated with him. …

St. Lorenzo Luiz martyred in Nagasaki in…の続きを読む

  The Shimabara Peninsula is located on the eastern side of Nagasaki Prefecture. The peninsula is surrounded by three calm seas and boasts magnificent nature. You can find a unique landscape shaped by the volcanoes …

Shimabara Peninsula, in Nagasaki Prefect…の続きを読む

  Santo Domingo Church was built in Nagasaki in 1609 by the Dominican Father Francisco de Morales, using materials from a demolished church in Kagoshima.   The ruins of the church were discovered in 2002 during an a …

Santo Domingo Church, built in 1609…の続きを読む

  A group of 26 Christians was arrested in Kyoto, consisting of 20 Japanese, four Spaniards, one Mexican, and one Portuguese. They were forced to walk barefoot to Nagasaki, a journey that lasted about a month. On Fe …

26 Saints were the first martyrs in Japa…の続きを読む

  When Matsukura Shigemasa became the new feudal lord of Shimabara in 1616, a large portion of the population was Christian. Initially, he turned a blind eye to Christianity because he needed the cooperation of the …

Unzen jigoku Martyrdom from 1626…の続きを読む

  Nagasaki Port was opened in 1570 by Omura Sumitada, the first Japanese feudal lord to be baptized as a Christian. At that time, a group of Christian families immigrated to the area along with Father Figueiredo. Ma …

Opening the port created Christian town …の続きを読む

  In 1582, four young boys boarded a ship at Nagasaki Port bound for Europe. They were dispatched as representatives of the Japanese Christian feudal lords, departing with Alessandro Valignano, the Jesuit missionary …

Tensho youth mission to Europe in 1582…の続きを読む

  Todos os Santos Church, the first church in Nagasaki, was built in 1569. The feudal lord Omura Sumitada and the Jesuits reached an agreement in 1570 to develop Nagasaki into a port for Nanban trade (with Portugal …

Nagasaki was a small Rome in 1569…の続きを読む

  The number of Christians in Japan continued to grow, reaching approximately 300,000 by 1614. Fearing that this increasing influence could lead to rebellion, the Tokugawa Shogunate issued a ban on Christianity in N …

Ban on Christianity in 1612…の続きを読む

  Twenty-five years after the martyrdom of the 26 Saints, the blood of Christians was once again shed on the hill of Nishizaka in Nagasaki.     A total of 55 Christians were martyred, having been arrested at Su …

Genna great Martyrdom in 1622…の続きを読む