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Hirado Dutch Trading Post, established in 1609
2024/04/25
Japanese historyThe Hirado Dutch Trading Post was a trading base in East Asia that was established in Hirado by the East India Company in 1609. Hirado was developed as a trading center until 1641, when the trading post was moved …
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Mitsui Club Japanese and Western Restaurant, in Kitakyushu-city
2024/03/12
Featured restaurantsThe Japanese and Western Restaurant at the Mitsui Club. You can enjoy grilled curry that originated from Moji Port. Mitsui Club was built by the Mitsui Co., Ltd in 1921 as a reception center and to provide acco …
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Catholic Unzen Church, built in 1982
2024/01/05
● History of Japanese ChristianityThe Church is dedicated to Antonio Ishida and others who were martyred in the Unzen jigoku from 1627 to 1632 and was built in 1982 to commemorate Pope John Paul II’s visit to Nagasaki. The number of believ …
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Catholic Unzen Church
2024/03/12
● Churches and CathedralsThe Church is dedicated to Antonio Ishida and others who were martyred in the Unzen jigoku from 1627 to 1632 and was built in 1982 to commemorate Pope John Paul II’s visit to Nagasaki. The number of believ …
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St. Andrew’s Seminary at Dejima, in Nagasaki
2024/03/11
● Christian Pilgrimage sitesAfter the ban on Christianity lifted in 1873, Burnside who was the British Church Missionary created a cram school at his home to teach the English Bible. In 1877, the school was moved to the Dejima English-Japan …
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St. Andrew’s Seminary at Dejima, opened in 1877
2024/01/09
● History of Japanese ChristianityAfter the ban on Christianity lifted in 1873, Burnside who was the British Church Missionary created a cram school at his home to teach the English Bible. In 1877, the school was moved to the Dejima English-Japan …
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Amakusa Shiro Memorial Hall, in Amakusa
2024/03/11
MuseumsThe museum is a Christian Pilgrimage site shows History of Christianity in Amakusa and Shimabara Rebellion which was a peasant uprising agaist bakufu’s persecution of Christians under the leadership of Amakusa Shi …
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Amakusa Shiro Memorial Hall, in Amakusa
2024/03/11
● Christian Pilgrimage sitesThe museum is a Christian Pilgrimage site shows History of Christianity in Amakusa and Shimabara Rebellion which was a peasant uprising agaist bakufu’s persecution of Christians under the leadership of Amakusa Shi …
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Environmental Museum, in Kitakyushu
2024/03/11
MuseumsThe museum has Environmental learning function, Environmental information function and Environmental activity function. The Environmental improvement history of Kitakyushu, Global warming and other various environ …
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Aso Tourist Tram, in southern Aso, Kumamoto-prefecture
2024/04/10
ExperiencesEnjoy the magnificent scenery of Aso. The Minami Aso railway is a private railroad offering a very scenic ride from Takamori to Nakamatsu in the south east of the caldera. Lovely and magnificent scenery can be enj …