Tonkatsu is the pork cutlet, which is a Japanese dish made of thick slices of pork loin or fillet coated with flour, beaten eggs, and breadcrumbs and fried in cooking oil.     The dish on the photo are Tonkat …

Tonkatsu, 豚カツ…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…の続きを読む

  Udon is a representative dish of Japan that has been eaten for a long time and is one of the popular lunch menus. Udon is made by adding water to wheat flour and kneading it into noodles. Cooking methods, ingredie …

Udon, うどん…の続きを読む

  Tonkotsu ramen is a local dish representing Fukuoka-prefecture. Meaning of Tonkotsu ramen is pork born soup noodle created in Kurume, Fukuoka-prefecture. Toppings include roast pork, wood ear mushrooms, and boiled …

Tonkotsu ramen, 豚骨ラーメン…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

  Edo period ruled by the Tokugawa Shogun and was a period of 265 years from 1603 to 1867. The national isolation of the Edo period is that prohibited Japanese people from traveling abroad and returning home. And, N …

National isolation in the Edo period…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 …

Christian missionary work in Nagasaki…の続きを読む

  From the late 7th century to the late 12th century, Dazaifu was the western capital of Japan and controlled Kyushu as an administrative institution. Geographically, it served as the front line of Japan’s dip …

Dazaifu was the western capital of Japan…の続きを読む

  Aso possesses the world’s largest Caldera with 18km west-east and 24 km north-south, created by 4 times of explosive volcanic activity in the ancient time, 3 million years ago. Surrounding the caldera is the world …

How was the great nature of Aso created?…の続きを読む

  Christianity in Japan began when Francis Xavier came to Hirado in 1550. So why did Francis Xavier come to Hirado? Hirado was the Japan’s first trade route between Portugal and China. Takanobu Matsuura, the l …

The beginning of Japanese Christianity i…の続きを読む