This church is a catholic church in Hirado, Nagasaki. Hirado is a place where Francis Xavier visited 3 times in Japan to spread Christianity, and even during the Kinkyo Ordinance of the Edo Period that prohibited …

St. Francis Xavier Memorial Church, in H…の続きを読む

  The longest pedestrian suspension bridge in Japan the 2nd longest in the World. Splendid and beautiful view from the thrilling suspension bridge over the Naruko river valley. The bridge is located in Kokonoe near …

Kokonoe Yume Otsurihashi, in Oita-prefec…の続きを読む

  The church is a Christian Pilgrimage site and was designed by Tetsukawa Yosuke, a famous architect of various churches in Nagasaki-prefecture, and built between December 1915 and October 1917. It is one of the lat …

Tabira Church, in Hirado…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…の続きを読む

  Nakae no Shima is a Christian Pilgrimage site and is the UNESCO World Heritage site of Hidden Chriatian Sites in the Nagasaki Region. Located two kilometers off the coast of Hirado Island, Nakae no Shima is a smal …

Nakae no Shima / Christian Pilgrimage si…の続きを読む

  The Cathedral is one of the significant Christian Pilgrimage site in Japan.  Established 1865, this church is officially known as “Oura Cathedral, the Church of 26 Martyrs.” It was built by the French priest Berna …

Oura Cathedral, in Nagasaki…の続きを読む

  Christian missionary activities in Japan began after Francis Xavier came to Hirado in 1550. The Jesuit missionaries who accompanied Francis Xavier carried out missionary activities in Hirado, Omura, Nagasaki, Goto …

St. Francis Xavier…の続きを読む

  Nagasaki Port was opened in 1570 by Sumitada Omura, who was the first feudal lord in Japan to be baptized as a Christian. At that time, there was a Christian family who immigrated with Figueiredo. Many of them wer …

Opening the port created Christian town …の続きを読む

  In 1582, four youth boarded a ship bound for Europe at Nagasaki Port. They were dispatched as representatives of Japanese Christian federal lords, and departed with Alessandro Valignano who was Jesuit missionary w …

Tensho youth mission to Europe in 1582…の続きを読む

  In 1596, the Spanish ship San Felipe, heading from the Philippines to Mexico, washed ashore on the Tosa-Urato coast due to a typhoon. Shogun Toyotomi Hideyoshi confiscated the ship’s vast cargo. At that time, the …

Causes of the Martyrdom of 26 Saints…の続きを読む