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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Nagasaki, officially Nagasaki City, is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan.
Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region
…been widely discussed in the academic literature. Christianity arrived in Japan in 1549 with the Jesuit missionary Francis Xavier. Fanning out from Nagasaki, the new faith won many converts, including a number of daimyōs. Toyotomi Hideyoshi, then Tokugawa Ieyasu persecuted those professing to be Christian…
Nagasaki City View from Glover Garden, Nagasaki 2014
Fountain at Nagasaki Peace Park
Megane Bridge 2021
Glover House in evening light