Christian Pilgrimage tours in Nagasaki region
Nagasaki / Oura Cathedral
Discover something while visiting Christian Pilgrimage sites.
Japanese Christianity has a unique history of continuing faith while coexisting with Japanese
Religion Shinto and General society.
Brief history of Japanese Christianity
1) Christianity was introduced in 1549 and many people converted to Christianity.
2) Prohibition of Christianity was started in 1587 and some of those who wished
to continue their faith were martyred.
3) But some of Christians who managed to escape from strong prohibition continue
their worship for over 300 years at the remote areas as Hidden Christians.
4) Ban on the Christianity was lifted in 1873 and new history of Japanese Christianity
has begun.
The Churches and Christian Sites in Nagasaki has been designated on the UNESCO World
Heritage.
Nagasaki Pilgrimage one-day tour
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Nagasaki is a sacred place of Christianity where Pope and Saint Mother Teresa officially visited. Where to visit Sotome Pilgrimage sites : Shitsu Church, Former Shitsu Aid Center, Nagasaki-city : Ground Zero, Martyrdom of the 26 Saints of Japan and |
Nagasaki Pilgrimage 3 days tour
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Nagasaki-prefecture has arduous and sacrifice histories during the ban on Christianity, such as Shimabara Rebellion and many religious persecutions. Where to visit Sotome Pilgrimage sites, Nagasaki-city, Unzen, and Shimabara included |
Nagasaki Pilgrimage 6 days tour
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Introduce how Christians have been continued their faith Where to visit Sotome Pilgrimage sites, Nagasaki-city, Unzen, Shimabara included Harajo Castle ruins, Amakusa, and Hirado
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History of Japanese Christianity
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Christian history in Japan was started when St. Francis Xavier came to Japan in 1549. Then Christianity was spread in Nagasaki region.
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Study tours in Kyushu
Nagasaki / UNESCO Industrial Revolution One-day tour
We are providing the Study tours in Kitakyushu and Nagasaki from the viewpoint
of SDGs.
SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals), otherwise known as the Global Goals, are
a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people
enjoy peace and prosperity and which is a collection of 17 Global Goals.
The Goals to be achieved vary by country and region and the solutions and difficulty
to reach the Goals also differ. Kitakyushu and Nagasaki are the best places of SDGs.
Because the histories, current environmental leadership and further plans of those
areas are related to all 17 Goals, therefore the solutions for each participant can
be found.
What to learn
Solid waste management & Recycling / Kitakyushu-city
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Kitakyushu-city is the advanced city of Solid waste management in Japan. Comprehensive solid waste management system can be learned from waste colleting procedure at household to the final stage of waste treatment such as incineration, landfill and recycling. |
Low Carbon Society / Kitakyushu-city
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The city is promoting the Low Carbon Society in Asia while taking leadership as the Environmental Future city. The new generation technologies and the activities cooperated with Citizen to achieve Low Carbon Society can be learned. |
Industrial modernization & KAIZEN strategy / Kitakyushu-city
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Japanese industry at the end of 19th century was 200 years behind. Since Japan’s modern Steel Industry operation commenced in 1901 in Kitakyushu, Japan became the world’s leading industrialized country in only 100 years. There is the KAIZEN strategy in the background to Japan becoming an industrialized country at a rapid speed. |
UNSCO World Herigate / Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution
Steel Industry Heritages in Kitakyushu-city and Ship building and Coal Industry Heritages in
Nagasaki ; those Heritages show the history of Japan’s Industrial modernization.
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The unique testimony to the tradition of people and their communities who secretly
transmitted their faith in Christianity while surviving in the midst of the conventional
society and its religions during the time of prohibition.
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World peace learning / Nagasaki
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Disastrous War must not be repeated. The Atomic bomb exploded in Nagasaki at 11:02 a.m. on August 9, 1945. Let us swear World Peace in Nagasaki. |
Architecture and construction design / Kitakyushu-city and Fukuoka-prefecture
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There are a lot of unique construction designed by renowned architects and civil engineers, that were constructed beginning of Japan’s Industrial modernization. The design philosophy of designers focused on the future can be learned. |
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Geography is a field of science devoted to the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth. Kitakyushu has unique geographical features, therefore Earth and its human and natural complexities and also how they have changed and come to be can be learned. |
Solid waste management tour in Kitakyushu
Kitakyushu-city is the advanced city of solid waste management in Japan. The comprehensive
Solid waste management system and Recycling technologies can be learned from waste
collecting procedure at household to the final stage of waste treatment such as incineration,
landfill and recycling.
What to learn
Comprehensive Solid waste management system and Recycling technologies
Tour conditions
The tour is the tailor-made study tour exclusively for your group
Number of participant : from 5 to 40
Tour duration : 2 days ( one-day tour can be arranged if required )
Study tour planning and arrangement :
Tour guide and interpreter (English ) : Japan KYUSHU Tourist
Transportation : a chartered vehicle
Itinerary
Day 1
8:30 leave hotel in Kitakyushu
Hiagari Recycling Center for waste cans and bottles
lunch
Plastic PET Bottle recycling / Nishi-Nippon PET Recycling
Citizen community Center
17:30 arrive Hotel in Kitakyushu
Day 2
8:30 leave hotel in Kitakyushu
Waste paper recycling / Kyushu Seishi
Lunch
Melting Furnace / Sin-Moji Plant
Sightseeing Mojiko Retro
17:30 arrive Hotel in Kitakyushu
Option : the following sites can be arranged as an option.
Where to visit and what to learn
Day 1
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Eco Project information center that supports the Eco-town. It introduces initiatives and activities implemented in Eco-town to encourage people to proactively used the facility for such activities as environmental study sessions and interaction amongst visitors. |
Hiagari Recycling Center for waste cans and bottles
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The Recycling Center where separates cans, bottles and PET bottles collected in Kitakyushu-city for recycling. And also paper containers and Styrofoam food packs are separated at this facility. |
Plastic PET Bottle recycling / Nishi-Nippon PET Recycling
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PET (polyethylene terephthalate) bottles are sorted by municipalities and recycled into pellets and flakes, which can be used as raw materials for polyester fibers and egg cartons. |
Citizen community Center
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Introduce the Duties of Citizen and Self-government organization for recycling & waste management. |
Day 2
Waste paper recycling / Kyushu Seishi
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Refined waste papers is recycled into toilet papers. Sludge generated during the toilet paper production process is used to produce a foaming inhibitor used by steel works.
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Only the Blast Furnace in the world which preserved as it was and here
is. It contributed greatly to the development of the Japanese steel industry
and was used until 1972, and has been preserved just as it was.
Equipment and tools which were actually used are exhibited in the square,
and you can see the iron-making process from the raw material
(ore and coke）to production of pig iron.
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Melting Furnace / Sin-Moji Plant
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The collected waste including metals is melted at over 1,700 degree Celsius in the Melting Furnace and then the melted slag and metals are discharged. The slag is used as raw materials for pavement and bricks and the metals are re-used for other steel products. The process and technology of the Melting Furnace can be learned. |
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Dr. Albert Einstein awarded Nobel Prize in Physic visited Moji in 1922, and he acclaimed that everything could see were Arts. The exotic district of Mojiko Retro is visited by more than 2 million tourists a year. Moji-ko Port flourished following its 889 designation as a Special National Port for exporting coal and other products. |
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Japan’s largest Biotope, the Paradise of creatures made over the year in the waste disposal site. 237 kind of birds including circus spinouts listed on the Japan’s endangered species and 284 kind of vegetation have been confirmed in the Biotope of 41 hectares. |
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World’s first hydrogen station for vehicle to utilize the wastewater treated in the Fukuoka Chubu Sewage Treatment Center. The process has been developed as a result of the verification testing of technology for hydrogen creation sourced from wastewater biogas. |
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The biomass recycling facility that started operations in November 2006. It takes kitchen waste from the town’s households and restaurants, along with septic tank sludge and raw sewage, and uses a methane fermentation process to turn it into a biomass that can be used for power generation. After the fermentation, the digestive fluids are used as liquid fertilizer. Furthermore, Oki Town was the second in the country to make a zero-waste declaration, which it officially announced in March 2008 with its Oki town Mottainai Declaration. |
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Kawachi Wisteria garden one-day tour
Kawachi Wisteria Garden is selected as a beautiful place of the real world 10 and is a private
garden at the Mountain foot of Sarakura in Kitakyushu-city and the garden is opened to the
public seasonally during the wisteria season which usually peaks around late April to
middle of May.
Tour date : April 28, 29, 30, May 2, 3, 4, 5
・English speaking guide escorts and guides you during the tour
・A private vehicle with 9 seats is utilized during the tour
・Start and end of the tour is JR Kokura station in Kitakyushu-city
・Number of person : 2 to 8
Itinerary
9:30 Depart JR Kokura station in Kitakyushu-city
15:00 Arrive JR Kokura station
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| 2 person | 18,000 JPY | |
| 3 person | 13,000 JPY | |
| 4 & 5 person | 10,000 JPY | |
| 6 to 8 person | 7,000 JPY |
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| 2 person | 18,000 JPY |  |
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| 3 person | 13,000 JPY | ||
| 4 & 5 person | 8,000 JPY | ||
| 6 to 8 person | 6,000 JPY |
Where to visit
The tour takes you Kawachi Wisteria garden and featured tourist destinations in Kitakyushu-city,
and operated during Kawachi Wisteria blossom period from late April to middle of May depending
on the Wisteria condition.
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Kawachi Wisteria Garden famous for its spectacularly presented, large numbers of wisteria flowers. The garden’s most prominent features are two, roughly 100 meter long tunnels made of wisteria trees of differing varieties and colors, ranging from white to dark purple. |
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The castle had a five fold and six layered donjon and it was built in the
architectural style called “Kara-zukuri”. Then, it served as a residence of the
Ogasawara clan. In 1866, it was burnt down by the Choshu War, and the
existing castle was reconstructed in 1959.
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Location of Kitakyushu-city
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