Shimabara Castle, is located in Shimabara and was built in 1625 by the feudal load Matsukura Shigemasa, who was regarded as a master of castle building. The castle, which took 7 years to complete, is also known as …

Shimabara Castle…の続きを読む

  One of the three great castles along with Nagoya Castle and Osaka Castle and one of the 100 best places in Japan to view cherry blossoms. The current castle was built in 1601 by Kiyomasa Kato, a great commander an …

Kumamoto Castle…の続きを読む

  Kokura was the transportation hub from Honshu and all areas of Kyushu during Edo period from 17th to 19th century. The Castle town was constructed in the Kokura and Kokura Castle was build in 1602 and spent 7 year …

Kokura Castle…の続きを読む

  Long ago Japan was divided into many small provinces. The lords of each province fought to take each other’s territory. Castles were built by the lords to show off their power and control their provinces. They wer …

Japanese Castle…の続きを読む

  Nishizaka Hill in Nagasaki is the place of Martyrdom of 26 Japanese Saints.  The 26 Martyrs of Japan were a group of Catholics who were executed by  crucifixion on February 5, 1597. The Twenty-six Christians, incl …

Nishizaka Hill…の続きを読む

  A Gothic-looking church is located on a cove of a fishing village in Amakusa. In 1934, a French priest Augustin Halbout MEP purchased the premises of the former village headman and built a wooden and concrete fini …

Sakitsu Church, in Amakusa…の続きを読む

  The Church is a Pilgrimage site and is the oldest Catholic Church in Amakusa and was one of the first churches built right after the ban on Christianity was lifted. The Romanesque-style architecture and the chalky …

Oe Cathedral, in Amakusa…の続きを読む

  26 Christians arrested in Kyoto who were consisted of 20 Japanese, 4 Spaniards, 1 Mexican, and 1 Portuguese. They were forced to walk barefoot to Nagasaki for about a month. On February 5, 1597, all 26 Christians …

26 Saints were the first martyrs in Japa…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 from 1626…の続きを読む

  This is a place related to the Kori-kuzure incident in Omura in 1657 in which a large number of hidden Christians were arrested. As many as 608 Christians were arrested, making it a rare and major incident in the …

Hokohara martyrdom place in Omura in 165…の続きを読む