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26 Saints Pilgrimage route on February 05 in 1597
2024/02/01
● Martyrdom of the 26 Saints of Japan26 Christians arrive at Tokitsu Port by the boat on the cold night of February 4, in 1597 and stayed one night on …
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Nakamachi Church, in Nagasaki
2024/02/15
● Churches and CathedralsNakamachi Church is located near JR Nagasaki Station which was constructed for Japanese Christians in 1986. The c …
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Saint Kolbe Memorial Museum, at Hongouchi Church, in Nagasaki
2024/02/14
● Churches and CathedralsFather Maximilian Kolbe was born in Poland in 1894 and was a priest of the Conventual Order of St. Francis. He ha …
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History of Japanese Christianity
2024/02/14
● History of Japanese ChristianityChristian history in Japan was started when St. Francis Xavier came to Japan as a first Christian missionary in 1 …
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Saint Filippo de Jesus Church ( Japan 26 Saints Memorial Church ), in Nagasaki
2024/02/14
● Churches and CathedralsThis is a church with Gaudi-style twin tower designed by Kenjiro Imai, built next to the Nishizaka Martyrdom site …
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Kurose no Tsuji, martyrdom site of Gaspar Nishi Genka
2024/02/10
● Christian Pilgrimage sitesThe site where Christian Gaspar Nishi Genka was martyred in 1609, located on Kurose Hill overlooking Nakae no shi …
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Hidden Christians from 1612
2024/02/03
● History of Japanese ChristianityOppression against Christians began with the Tokugawa shogunate’s ban on Christianity. The missionaries were expe …
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Hidden Christian site, Kasuga Village
2024/02/12
● Christian Pilgrimage sitesKasuga Village and Mount Yasugatake is a Christian Pilgrimage site and is registered on the World Heritage as Hid …
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Japan’s first Seminary
2024/02/14
● Christian Pilgrimage sitesIn 1579, Priest Alessandro Valignano of Jesus from Portugal came to Japan to inspect the situatin of missionary w …
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26 Saints Pilgrimage route on January 27 in 1597
2024/02/14
● Martyrdom of the 26 Saints of JapanThere were 24 martyrs when they started Kyoto, but two more martyrs were added in Shimonoseki, then became 26 mar …