25 years after the martyrdom of the 26 Saints, the blood of Christians was shed once again at Nishizaka in Nagasaki.     55 Christians were martyred who were arrested at Suzuta Prison in Omura and Kurusu Pris …

Genna great Martyrdom in 1622…の続きを読む

  When Matsukura Shigemasa became the new federal lord of Shimabara in 1616, many people were Christians. Initially, he acquiesced in Christianity, because he needed people’s cooperation to build Shimabara Castle. H …

Unzen jigoku Martyrdom…の続きを読む

  26 Christians arrive at Tokitsu Port by the boat on the cold night of February 4, in 1597 and stayed one night on the boat. At dawn on February 5, they got off the ship with a cold b ody and landed at Togitsu Port …

26 Saints Pilgrimage route on February 0…の続きを読む

  The site is located in Minami-arima in Minami-Shimabara-city and the Battle field of Shimabara Rebellion which was a peasant uprising against bakufu’s persecution of Christians under the leadership of Amakusa Shir …

Shimabara Rebellion in 1637…の続きを読む

  Nakamachi Church is located near JR Nagasaki Station which was constructed for Japanese Christians in 1986. The church was dedicated to the 16 Saints of Nagasaki (St. Thomas and the 15 Martyrs) in 1988, and the mo …

Nakamachi Church, in Nagasaki…の続きを読む

  Father Maximilian Kolbe was born in Poland in 1894 and was a priest of the Conventual Order of St. Francis. He had been active in promoting the veneration of the Immaculate Virgin Mary. He came to Japan in 1930 an …

Saint Kolbe Memorial Museum, at Hongouch…の続きを読む

  Christian history in Japan was started when St. Francis Xavier came to Japan as a first Christian missionary in 1549. Then Christianity was spread in Nagasaki region. However, unparalleled hidden Cristian history …

History of Japanese Christianity…の続きを読む

  This is a church with Gaudi-style twin tower designed by Kenjiro Imai, built next to the Nishizaka Martyrdom site    When there was a plan to build a memorial hall for the 26 Japanese Saints next to Nishizaka Mart …

Saint Filippo de Jesus Church ( Japan 26…の続きを読む

  The site where Christian Gaspar Nishi Genka was martyred in 1609, located on Kurose Hill overlooking Nakae no shima between Hirado and Ikitsuki. The tomb facing the sea is called Gaspar-sama and is a revered place …

Kurose no Tsuji, martyrdom site of Gaspa…の続きを読む

  Oppression 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. …

Hidden Christians from 1612…の続きを読む