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Oe Cathedral, in Amakusa
2024/02/17
● Churches and CathedralsThe Church is a Pilgrimage site and is the oldest Catholic Church in Amakusa and was one of the first churches bu …
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26 Saints were the first martyrs in Japan in 1597
2024/02/05
● History of Japanese Christianity26 Christians arrested in Kyoto who were consisted of 20 Japanese, 4 Spaniards, 1 Mexican, and 1 Portuguese. They …
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Hokohara martyrdom place in Omura
2024/02/16
● Christian Pilgrimage sites, Latest informationThis is a place related to the Kori-kuzure incident in Omura in 1657 in which a large number of hidden Christians …
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Kurosaki Church, in Sotome
2024/02/16
● Churches and CathedralsThe Church is located in Kurosaki district, where was place of the setting for Endo Shusaku’s novel Silence. In …
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Shitsu Church, in Sotome
2024/02/16
● Churches and CathedralsBuilt in 1882 by Father de Rotz, this low-ceiling church features a brick exterior, wood interior and stone entra …
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Yamada Church, in Hirado
2024/02/16
● Churches and CathedralsAfter the discovery of the numerous hidden Christians in Ikitsuki Island in 1865, they began to work on recoverin …
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St. Francis Xavier Memorial Church, in Hirado
2024/02/16
● Churches and CathedralsThis church is a catholic church in Hirado, Nagasaki. Hirado is a place where Francis Xavier visited 3 times in J …
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Tabira Church, in Hirado
2024/02/16
● Churches and CathedralsThe church is a Christian Pilgrimage site and was designed by Tetsukawa Yosuke, a famous architect of various chu …
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Urakami Cathedral, in Nagasaki
2024/02/16
● Churches and CathedralsConstruction of the original Urakami Cathedral, a brick Romanesque building, began in 1895, after a long-standing …
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Nakae no Shima / Christian Pilgrimage site
2024/02/15
● Christian Pilgrimage sitesNakae no Shima is a Christian Pilgrimage site and is the UNESCO World Heritage site of Hidden Chriatian Sites in …