Soaring 1375 metres into the sky, Mount Tsurumi is a breath taking mountain overlooking Beppu that offers some decent hiking, rare flora and outstanding vistas.  Visitors can take a ropeway 800 metres up and revel …

Mount Tsurumi…の続きを読む

  The museum stores and displays the historical collection of the Matsura family who ruled over the northern area of Nagasaki prefecture since the 13th century.     The museum is housed in the former priva …

Matsura Historical Museum…の続きを読む

  The Sueyama Shrine is located in Arita Town, Nishimatsuura District. Feature of the Shrine is Shrine gate made by porcelain, and usually the Shrine gate are made of stone or wood.   It is dedicated to Emperor …

Sueyama Shrine in Arita…の続きを読む

  The ultimate pilgrimage tracing the complete 450-year legacy of faith across two regions.   Starting with the mission of Francis Xavier, Christianity expanded throughout the country, with Nagasaki at its hear …

8-Day: Echoes of Faith ー The Grand Pilgr…の続きを読む

  Nakae no Shima is a Christian Pilgrimage site and is the UNESCO World Heritage site of Hidden Chriatian Sites in the Nagasaki Region. Located two kilometers off the coast of Hirado Island, Nakae no Shima is a smal …

Nakae no Shima / Christian Pilgrimage s…の続きを読む

  Stands on a hill guarding Hirado Port and the Hirado Strait, which used to be part of an important trade route between Japan and the Asian mainland. The original fortress was built in 1599 by the local Matsura Lor …

Hirado Castle…の続きを読む

  The church is a Christian Pilgrimage site and was designed by Tetsukawa Yosuke, a famous architect of various churches in Nagasaki-prefecture, and built between December 1915 and October 1917. It is one of the lat …

Tabira Church…の続きを読む

  Kasuga Village and Mount Yasugatake is a Christian Pilgrimage site and is registered on the World Heritage as Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region.   This idyllic, remote village was refuge to a smal …

Kasuga Village / Hidden Christian Site…の続きを読む

  Hirado is the first place where Portuguese ships landed in Japan in 1549, and after that St. Francis Xavier visited in 1550, and Japanese Christianity started here in Hirado. In the 1580s, the Portuguese establish …

Hirado travel guide…の続きを読む

  The cruise ship take you exploring Tachibana bay from Nagasaki port and landing on Hashima island. The site has been registered on UNESCO World Heritages as Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution. Now Hashim …

Gunkan-jima island cruise…の続きを読む