Seiro-mushi is prepared with large bamboo baskets in front of diners. Featured by the enriched flavor with warmth and fragrance of the cypress basket (seiro). Live the lively, hot spring steam-like, “Jigoku steams …

Seiro-mushi, Kagura, in Yufuin…の続きを読む

  The Cathdral was built in 1865 by the French priest Bernard Petitjean of Fier who had been dispatched by the Foreign Missionary Church of Paris to dedicate prayers to the 26 saints martyred on Nishizaka hill. For …

Oura Cathedral, built in 1865…の続きを読む

  Built in 1882 by Father de Rotz, this low-ceiling church features a brick exterior, wood interior and stone entranceway.  The roof itself is low in order to limit damage done by strong winds. The church’s bell was …

Shitsu Church, in Sotome, constructed in…の続きを読む

  Construction of the original Urakami Cathedral, a brick Romanesque building, began in 1895, after a long-standing ban on Christianity was lifted. When completed in 1914, it was the largest Catholic church in East …

Urakami Cathedral, in Nagasaki, construc…の続きを読む

  Imamura Cathedral is located in Tachiarai, Fukuoka-prefecture. A Christian group was born in this region in the late 16th century. When Christianity was banned, I continued my faith as a hidden Christian. The twin …

Imamura Cathedral, in Fukuoka-prefecture…の続きを読む

  Imamura Cathedral is located in Tachiarai, Fukuoka-prefecture. A Christian group was born in this region in the late 16th century. When Christianity was banned, I continued my faith as a hidden Christian. The twin …

Imamura Cathedral, in Fukuoka-prefecture…の続きを読む

  Yamano Church was built in 1924 in the Yamano area, where is halfway of Mount Yasuman. Most people living in this area are Christians.   The ancestors of the Yamano village fled persecution from Nishisonogi a …

Yamano Church, in Hirado…の続きを読む

  Faced with crises from overseas countries, the Shogunate established the  Naval training school  in Nagasaki in 1955 with support from the Dutch.    Excellent people from all over the Japan were gathered in Nagasa …

Naval training school in Nagasaki establ…の続きを読む

  The peaceful Sotome, the setting of Endo Shusaku’s novel Silence. Sotome area of Nagasaki city has an abundance of natural beauty in its sea, mountains and rivers. It also is blessed with a unique history and cult …

Endo Shusaku Literary Museum…の続きを読む

  Beppu’s most hyped attraction, Hell (Jigoku Meguri ) tour that is a collection of hot spring where the water bubbles forth from underground, often with unusual result.  Five of the hells are located in the Kannawa …

Beppu Hell tour, in Beppu, Oita-prefectu…の続きを読む