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Aso South Panorama line
2025/09/19
Aso travel guideThe Aso Panorama line is the Aso mountain roads that leads to the summit of Mount Five mountains. There are three routes, and the most recommended are South and North Panorama lines. Aso South Panorama line is con …
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Yamanami Highway
2025/08/27
Latest informationYamanami Highway is the Prefectural road Route 11 and one of the most beautiful scenic driving roads in Kyushu. The road is connected Yufuin in Oita-prefecture and Minamioguni town in Aso, Kumamoto-prefecture, the …
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Yamanami Highway
Yamanami Highway is the Prefectural road Route 11 and one of the most beautiful scenic driving roads in Kyushu. The road is connected Yufuin in Oita-prefecture and Minamioguni town in Aso, Kumamoto-prefecture, the …
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Arima Christian Heritage Memorial Museum
2025/08/25
Latest informationThe Arima Christian Heritage Memorial Museum is a guidance facility showcasing the history of Christianity in Minami-Shimabara, centered around the Hara Castle Ruins, a component of the “Hidden Christian Sit …
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Arima Christian Heritage Memorial Museum
2025/09/15
Shimabara travel guideThe Arima Christian Heritage Memorial Museum is a guidance facility showcasing the history of Christianity in Minami-Shimabara, centered around the Hara Castle Ruins, a component of the “Hidden Christian Sit …
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Shimabara Peninsula Martyrs Memorial Cathedral
2025/08/24
Latest informationThis Cathedral is house of prayer for tens of thousands Christians who were martyred between 1612 and 1658 throughout the Shimabara Peninsula. t was built in 1997 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the martyr …
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Hidden Christian
2025/09/17
Japanese ChristianityOppression against Christians began with the Tokugawa shogunate’s ban on Christianity. The missionaries were expelled to oversea countries, and those who remained secretly in Japan were also captured and martyred …
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Ban on Christianity
2025/09/17
History of Japanese ChristianityThe number of Christians in Japan continued to increase, and reaching 300,000 in 1614. Fearing the ever-increasing number of Christian rebellions, Tokugawa Shogunate finally issued a ban on Christianity in Nagasak …
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Holy Mary-Kannon of Hara Castle
2025/08/18
Latest informationThe world’s tallest wooden Holy Mary statue, with 10 meters in height. This statue was made by sculptor Oyamatsu Eiji over a period of 40 years and was completed when he was 90 years old. August 18, …
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Sanno Shrine
2025/08/14
Latest informationSanno Shrine is located approximately 800 meters away from the ground zero of Atomic bomb. The Shrine was instantly obliterated by the explosion and the 4000 degrees Celsius heat wave vaporized nearby trees. The o …
