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 …

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

  Gyudon is a Japanese dish in which thinly sliced beef and onions are simmered in sweet and spicy sauce such as soy sauce and placed on top of a bowl of rice.     The menu on the photo is Gyudon, shijimi kai ( …

Gyudon, 牛丼…の続きを読む

  The most beautiful village in Japan. Located in the south-eastern part of Fukuoka Prefecture, and east side of Yame-city, at altitudes between 200 and 1,000 metres above sea level. As 84 percent of the village is …

Hoshino village, in Yame…の続きを読む

  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

  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

  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