Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region is a group of twelve sites in Nagasaki Prefecture and Kumamoto Prefecture relating to the history of Christianity in Japan. The Nagasaki churches are uniq
Ōura Cathedral
Remains of Hara castle
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Nakaenoshima 4
Oura Church
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The Oura Church or Oura Cathedral, officially the Basilica of the Twenty-Six Holy Martyrs of Japan, is a Catholic minor basilica and co-cathedral in Nagasaki, Japan, built soon after the end of the Ja
Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region
…powers and reopening of Japan and the reforms of the Meiji Restoration, missionary activity was renewed and a number of Hidden Christians resurfaced. Ōura Cathedral of 1864 was the first of the churches built in subsequent years. On 30 June 2018, thanking UNESCO for the admission in the World Heritage List, the…
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Oura Tenshudo Temple, Hand-tinted Postcard (Meiji)
Inside of Ōura Church