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  • Takahama beach has the clearest water and the whitest sand in all of Japan and one of the best known beaches of the Goto Islands, attracting visitors from all over the country despite its remote location. The beach overlooks the Sagano Islands and its sandbar provides a calm shallow swimming area. Silvery sand sparkles through clear water, with surrounding greenery completing the perfect coastal scene.<br />
Named among Japan’s top 100 natural beaches and top 80 swimming beaches Takahama is popular with locals as well as tourists. Its famous waters of brilliant shades of blue change hue throughout the day.
    takahama-beach-goto-2.jpg
  • Takahama beach has the clearest water and the whitest sand in all of Japan and one of the best known beaches of the Goto Islands, attracting visitors from all over the country despite its remote location. The beach overlooks the Sagano Islands and its sandbar provides a calm shallow swimming area. Silvery sand sparkles through clear water, with surrounding greenery completing the perfect coastal scene.<br />
Named among Japan’s top 100 natural beaches and top 80 swimming beaches Takahama is popular with locals as well as tourists. Its famous waters of brilliant shades of blue change hue throughout the day.
    takahama-beach-goto-4.jpg
  • Takahama beach has the clearest water and the whitest sand in all of Japan and one of the best known beaches of the Goto Islands, attracting visitors from all over the country despite its remote location. The beach overlooks the Sagano Islands and its sandbar provides a calm shallow swimming area. Silvery sand sparkles through clear water, with surrounding greenery completing the perfect coastal scene.<br />
Named among Japan’s top 100 natural beaches and top 80 swimming beaches Takahama is popular with locals as well as tourists. Its famous waters of brilliant shades of blue change hue throughout the day.
    takahama-beach-goto-3.jpg
  • Takahama beach has the clearest water and the whitest sand in all of Japan and one of the best known beaches of the Goto Islands, attracting visitors from all over the country despite its remote location. The beach overlooks the Sagano Islands and its sandbar provides a calm shallow swimming area. Silvery sand sparkles through clear water, with surrounding greenery completing the perfect coastal scene.<br />
Named among Japan’s top 100 natural beaches and top 80 swimming beaches Takahama is popular with locals as well as tourists. Its famous waters of brilliant shades of blue change hue throughout the day.
    takahama-beach-goto-1.jpg
  • Mizunoura Church has a spectacular view of the sea.  Its congregation is made up of Goto Fuku Island Catholic farmers and fishermen.  The remains of Christians in the neighboring land tels the history of the Christian repression during the Tokugawa shogunate.  Mizunoura Church was established by Rev Salemon of the Paris Foreign Missionary in 1880. The church was designed and built by Tetsukawa Yosuke who participated in the construction of Catholic churches across the Goto Islands as a gifted carpenter his first encounter with European architecture. He went on to study architecture and joined the Architectural Institute of Japan. Although a Buddhist all his life he was sensitive to the sentiments of Catholics and responded to their expectations by designing beautiful churches across Kyushu. As Japan's premier church architect, Tetsukawa was decorated by the Japanese government.
    mizunoura-church-3.jpg
  • Mizunoura Church has a spectacular view of the sea.  Its congregation is made up of Goto Fuku Island Catholic farmers and fishermen.  The remains of Christians in the neighboring land tels the history of the Christian repression during the Tokugawa shogunate.  Mizunoura Church was established by Rev Salemon of the Paris Foreign Missionary in 1880. The church was designed and built by Tetsukawa Yosuke who participated in the construction of Catholic churches across the Goto Islands as a gifted carpenter his first encounter with European architecture. He went on to study architecture and joined the Architectural Institute of Japan. Although a Buddhist all his life he was sensitive to the sentiments of Catholics and responded to their expectations by designing beautiful churches across Kyushu. As Japan's premier church architect, Tetsukawa was decorated by the Japanese government.
    mizunoura-church-2.jpg
  • Mizunoura Church has a spectacular view of the sea.  Its congregation is made up of Goto Fuku Island Catholic farmers and fishermen.  The remains of Christians in the neighboring land tels the history of the Christian repression during the Tokugawa shogunate.  Mizunoura Church was established by Rev Salemon of the Paris Foreign Missionary in 1880. The church was designed and built by Tetsukawa Yosuke who participated in the construction of Catholic churches across the Goto Islands as a gifted carpenter his first encounter with European architecture. He went on to study architecture and joined the Architectural Institute of Japan. Although a Buddhist all his life he was sensitive to the sentiments of Catholics and responded to their expectations by designing beautiful churches across Kyushu. As Japan's premier church architect, Tetsukawa was decorated by the Japanese government.
    mizunoura-church-1.jpg
  • 75.3 Former Gorin Church is a restoration of Hamawaki Church which was built in 1881 and the second oldest wooden church after Oura Church in Nagasaki. In 1931 Hamawaki Church was reconstructed with a larger space. The dismantled materials were used for the construction of a church in the Gorin district. The restored church uses a rare combination of Japanese and Western construction methods.  It has an outer appearance of a traditional Japanese building but an interior consisting of a nave boarded rib vault ceilings.  It is no longer a church, but maintained by Goto City, and is a part of the UNESCO World Heritage Nagasaki Hidden Christian sites.
    75.3.NAGASAKI-GORIN-02.jpg
  • Former Gorin Church is a restoration of Hamawaki Church which was built in 1881 and the second oldest wooden church after Oura Church in Nagasaki. In 1931 Hamawaki Church was reconstructed with a larger space. The dismantled materials were used for the construction of a church in the Gorin district. The restored church uses a rare combination of Japanese and Western construction methods.  It has an outer appearance of a traditional Japanese building but an interior consisting of a nave boarded rib vault ceilings.  It is no longer a church, but maintained by Goto City, and is a part of the UNESCO World Heritage Nagasaki Hidden Christian sites.
    gorin-church-4.jpg
  • 75.3 Former Gorin Church is a restoration of Hamawaki Church which was built in 1881 and the second oldest wooden church after Oura Church in Nagasaki. In 1931 Hamawaki Church was reconstructed with a larger space. The dismantled materials were used for the construction of a church in the Gorin district. The restored church uses a rare combination of Japanese and Western construction methods.  It has an outer appearance of a traditional Japanese building but an interior consisting of a nave boarded rib vault ceilings.  It is no longer a church, but maintained by Goto City, and is a part of the UNESCO World Heritage Nagasaki Hidden Christian sites.
    75.3.NAGASAKI-GORIN-03.jpg
  • Former Gorin Church is a restoration of Hamawaki Church which was built in 1881 and the second oldest wooden church after Oura Church in Nagasaki. In 1931 Hamawaki Church was reconstructed with a larger space. The dismantled materials were used for the construction of a church in the Gorin district. The restored church uses a rare combination of Japanese and Western construction methods.  It has an outer appearance of a traditional Japanese building but an interior consisting of a nave boarded rib vault ceilings.  It is no longer a church, but maintained by Goto City, and is a part of the UNESCO World Heritage Nagasaki Hidden Christian sites.
    gorin-church-7.jpg
  • Former Gorin Church is a restoration of Hamawaki Church which was built in 1881 and the second oldest wooden church after Oura Church in Nagasaki. In 1931 Hamawaki Church was reconstructed with a larger space. The dismantled materials were used for the construction of a church in the Gorin district. The restored church uses a rare combination of Japanese and Western construction methods.  It has an outer appearance of a traditional Japanese building but an interior consisting of a nave boarded rib vault ceilings.  It is no longer a church, but maintained by Goto City, and is a part of the UNESCO World Heritage Nagasaki Hidden Christian sites.
    gorin-church-5.jpg
  • Former Gorin Church is a restoration of Hamawaki Church which was built in 1881 and the second oldest wooden church after Oura Church in Nagasaki. In 1931 Hamawaki Church was reconstructed with a larger space. The dismantled materials were used for the construction of a church in the Gorin district. The restored church uses a rare combination of Japanese and Western construction methods.  It has an outer appearance of a traditional Japanese building but an interior consisting of a nave boarded rib vault ceilings.  It is no longer a church, but maintained by Goto City, and is a part of the UNESCO World Heritage Nagasaki Hidden Christian sites.
    gorin-church-3.jpg
  • Former Gorin Church is a restoration of Hamawaki Church which was built in 1881 and the second oldest wooden church after Oura Church in Nagasaki. In 1931 Hamawaki Church was reconstructed with a larger space. The dismantled materials were used for the construction of a church in the Gorin district. The restored church uses a rare combination of Japanese and Western construction methods.  It has an outer appearance of a traditional Japanese building but an interior consisting of a nave boarded rib vault ceilings.  It is no longer a church, but maintained by Goto City, and is a part of the UNESCO World Heritage Nagasaki Hidden Christian sites.
    gorin-church-8.jpg
  • Former Gorin Church is a restoration of Hamawaki Church which was built in 1881 and the second oldest wooden church after Oura Church in Nagasaki. In 1931 Hamawaki Church was reconstructed with a larger space. The dismantled materials were used for the construction of a church in the Gorin district. The restored church uses a rare combination of Japanese and Western construction methods.  It has an outer appearance of a traditional Japanese building but an interior consisting of a nave boarded rib vault ceilings.  It is no longer a church, but maintained by Goto City, and is a part of the UNESCO World Heritage Nagasaki Hidden Christian sites.
    gorin-church-2.jpg
  • Former Gorin Church is a restoration of Hamawaki Church which was built in 1881 and the second oldest wooden church after Oura Church in Nagasaki. In 1931 Hamawaki Church was reconstructed with a larger space. The dismantled materials were used for the construction of a church in the Gorin district. The restored church uses a rare combination of Japanese and Western construction methods.  It has an outer appearance of a traditional Japanese building but an interior consisting of a nave boarded rib vault ceilings.  It is no longer a church, but maintained by Goto City, and is a part of the UNESCO World Heritage Nagasaki Hidden Christian sites.
    gorin-church-9.jpg
  • Former Gorin Church is a restoration of Hamawaki Church which was built in 1881 and the second oldest wooden church after Oura Church in Nagasaki. In 1931 Hamawaki Church was reconstructed with a larger space. The dismantled materials were used for the construction of a church in the Gorin district. The restored church uses a rare combination of Japanese and Western construction methods.  It has an outer appearance of a traditional Japanese building but an interior consisting of a nave boarded rib vault ceilings.  It is no longer a church, but maintained by Goto City, and is a part of the UNESCO World Heritage Nagasaki Hidden Christian sites.
    gorin-church-1.jpg
  • Former Gorin Church is a restoration of Hamawaki Church which was built in 1881 and the second oldest wooden church after Oura Church in Nagasaki. In 1931 Hamawaki Church was reconstructed with a larger space. The dismantled materials were used for the construction of a church in the Gorin district. The restored church uses a rare combination of Japanese and Western construction methods.  It has an outer appearance of a traditional Japanese building but an interior consisting of a nave boarded rib vault ceilings.  It is no longer a church, but maintained by Goto City, and is a part of the UNESCO World Heritage Nagasaki Hidden Christian sites.
    gorin-church-6.jpg
  • Fuchinomoto Catholic Cemetary, Goto - On the northwestern edge of the Miiraku Peninsula on Fukue Goto Island, the catholic cemetary has tombstones at the Fuchinomoto cemetery overlooking the sea, reflecting the deep Christian faith of the people buried there, when christianity was outlawed in Japan and hidden christians had to practice their faith in secret. Hidden Christians who had migrated from Sotome were finally laid to rest here.
    fuchinomoto-graveyard-4.jpg
  • Fuchinomoto Catholic Cemetary, Goto - On the northwestern edge of the Miiraku Peninsula on Fukue Goto Island, the catholic cemetary has tombstones at the Fuchinomoto cemetery overlooking the sea, reflecting the deep Christian faith of the people buried there, when christianity was outlawed in Japan and hidden christians had to practice their faith in secret. Hidden Christians who had migrated from Sotome were finally laid to rest here.
    fuchinomoto-graveyard-5.jpg
  • Fuchinomoto Catholic Cemetary, Goto - On the northwestern edge of the Miiraku Peninsula on Fukue Goto Island, the catholic cemetary has tombstones at the Fuchinomoto cemetery overlooking the sea, reflecting the deep Christian faith of the people buried there, when christianity was outlawed in Japan and hidden christians had to practice their faith in secret. Hidden Christians who had migrated from Sotome were finally laid to rest here.
    fuchinomoto-graveyard-1.jpg
  • Fuchinomoto Catholic Cemetary, Goto - On the northwestern edge of the Miiraku Peninsula on Fukue Goto Island, the catholic cemetary has tombstones at the Fuchinomoto cemetery overlooking the sea, reflecting the deep Christian faith of the people buried there, when christianity was outlawed in Japan and hidden christians had to practice their faith in secret. Hidden Christians who had migrated from Sotome were finally laid to rest here.
    fuchinomoto-graveyard-3.jpg
  • Egami Church Goto - In 1918 the descendants of Goto settlers cooperated to build the church under the direction of Tetsukawa Yosuke. Egami Village on Naru Island is one of the components of the Hidden Christian legacy of migrants from the mainland who continued to practise their faith secretly during the ban on Christianity.  Egami Church was built using indigenous techniques and materials and demonstrates the cultural continuity with regards to the period of the ban on Christianity. The Egami Church is considered as the best example in terms of design and structure among the wooden church buildings constructed in the Nagasaki region from the 19th century onwards.
    egami-church-4.jpg
  • Egami Church Goto - In 1918 the descendants of Goto settlers cooperated to build the church under the direction of Tetsukawa Yosuke. Egami Village on Naru Island is one of the components of the Hidden Christian legacy of migrants from the mainland who continued to practise their faith secretly during the ban on Christianity.  Egami Church was built using indigenous techniques and materials and demonstrates the cultural continuity with regards to the period of the ban on Christianity. The Egami Church is considered as the best example in terms of design and structure among the wooden church buildings constructed in the Nagasaki region from the 19th century onwards.
    egami-church-3.jpg
  • Egami Church Goto - In 1918 the descendants of Goto settlers cooperated to build the church under the direction of Tetsukawa Yosuke. Egami Village on Naru Island is one of the components of the Hidden Christian legacy of migrants from the mainland who continued to practise their faith secretly during the ban on Christianity.  Egami Church was built using indigenous techniques and materials and demonstrates the cultural continuity with regards to the period of the ban on Christianity. The Egami Church is considered as the best example in terms of design and structure among the wooden church buildings constructed in the Nagasaki region from the 19th century onwards.
    egami-church-6.jpg
  • Egami Church Goto - In 1918 the descendants of Goto settlers cooperated to build the church under the direction of Tetsukawa Yosuke. Egami Village on Naru Island is one of the components of the Hidden Christian legacy of migrants from the mainland who continued to practise their faith secretly during the ban on Christianity.  Egami Church was built using indigenous techniques and materials and demonstrates the cultural continuity with regards to the period of the ban on Christianity. The Egami Church is considered as the best example in terms of design and structure among the wooden church buildings constructed in the Nagasaki region from the 19th century onwards.
    egami-church-5.jpg
  • Egami Church Goto - In 1918 the descendants of Goto settlers cooperated to build the church under the direction of Tetsukawa Yosuke. Egami Village on Naru Island is one of the components of the Hidden Christian legacy of migrants from the mainland who continued to practise their faith secretly during the ban on Christianity.  Egami Church was built using indigenous techniques and materials and demonstrates the cultural continuity with regards to the period of the ban on Christianity. The Egami Church is considered as the best example in terms of design and structure among the wooden church buildings constructed in the Nagasaki region from the 19th century onwards.
    egami-church-1.jpg
  • Egami Church Goto - In 1918 the descendants of Goto settlers cooperated to build the church under the direction of Tetsukawa Yosuke. Egami Village on Naru Island is one of the components of the Hidden Christian legacy of migrants from the mainland who continued to practise their faith secretly during the ban on Christianity.  Egami Church was built using indigenous techniques and materials and demonstrates the cultural continuity with regards to the period of the ban on Christianity. The Egami Church is considered as the best example in terms of design and structure among the wooden church buildings constructed in the Nagasaki region from the 19th century onwards.
    egami-church-7.jpg
  • Egami Church Goto - In 1918 the descendants of Goto settlers cooperated to build the church under the direction of Tetsukawa Yosuke. Egami Village on Naru Island is one of the components of the Hidden Christian legacy of migrants from the mainland who continued to practise their faith secretly during the ban on Christianity.  Egami Church was built using indigenous techniques and materials and demonstrates the cultural continuity with regards to the period of the ban on Christianity. The Egami Church is considered as the best example in terms of design and structure among the wooden church buildings constructed in the Nagasaki region from the 19th century onwards.
    egami-church-2.jpg
  • Egami Church Goto - In 1918 the descendants of Goto settlers cooperated to build the church under the direction of Tetsukawa Yosuke. Egami Village on Naru Island is one of the components of the Hidden Christian legacy of migrants from the mainland who continued to practise their faith secretly during the ban on Christianity.  Egami Church was built using indigenous techniques and materials and demonstrates the cultural continuity with regards to the period of the ban on Christianity. The Egami Church is considered as the best example in terms of design and structure among the wooden church buildings constructed in the Nagasaki region from the 19th century onwards.
    egami-church-8.jpg
  • Bukeyashiki Samurai Street is in an area of the Fukue Goto town where the ruling class lived during the Edo Period.  Today the area's main street highlights the surviving stone walls and front gates to samurai residences that line the road. Behind the walls and gates hardly anything historical survives, having been supplanted with modern structures. There is a ruined castle that served as the seat of the area lord's power from which the entire Goto fief was ruled during the Edo Period. Today little of the castle remains except for a section of the old moat with most of the grounds occupied by a school. Parts of the old castle and the adjacent samurai district are the main attractions of Fukue Goto, apart from the pristine beaches, and UNESCO listed churches nearby. The samurai residences have a unique security feature.  Small rocks without cement were placed on top of the walls.  In case of intruders, the sound of falling rocks would alert the samurai lord's of danger.
    samurai-goto-2.jpg
  • Bukeyashiki Samurai Street is in an area of the Fukue Goto town where the ruling class lived during the Edo Period.  Today the area's main street highlights the surviving stone walls and front gates to samurai residences that line the road. Behind the walls and gates hardly anything historical survives, having been supplanted with modern structures. There is a ruined castle that served as the seat of the area lord's power from which the entire Goto fief was ruled during the Edo Period. Today little of the castle remains except for a section of the old moat with most of the grounds occupied by a school. Parts of the old castle and the adjacent samurai district are the main attractions of Fukue Goto, apart from the pristine beaches, and UNESCO listed churches nearby. The samurai residences have a unique security feature.  Small rocks without cement were placed on top of the walls.  In case of intruders, the sound of falling rocks would alert the samurai lord's of danger.
    samurai-goto-3.jpg
  • Bukeyashiki Samurai Street is in an area of the Fukue Goto town where the ruling class lived during the Edo Period.  Today the area's main street highlights the surviving stone walls and front gates to samurai residences that line the road. Behind the walls and gates hardly anything historical survives, having been supplanted with modern structures. There is a ruined castle that served as the seat of the area lord's power from which the entire Goto fief was ruled during the Edo Period. Today little of the castle remains except for a section of the old moat with most of the grounds occupied by a school. Parts of the old castle and the adjacent samurai district are the main attractions of Fukue Goto, apart from the pristine beaches, and UNESCO listed churches nearby. The samurai residences have a unique security feature.  Small rocks without cement were placed on top of the walls.  In case of intruders, the sound of falling rocks would alert the samurai lord's of danger.
    samurai-goto-1.jpg
  • Bukeyashiki Samurai Street is in an area of the Fukue Goto town where the ruling class lived during the Edo Period.  Today the area's main street highlights the surviving stone walls and front gates to samurai residences that line the road. Behind the walls and gates hardly anything historical survives, having been supplanted with modern structures. There is a ruined castle that served as the seat of the area lord's power from which the entire Goto fief was ruled during the Edo Period. Today little of the castle remains except for a section of the old moat with most of the grounds occupied by a school. Parts of the old castle and the adjacent samurai district are the main attractions of Fukue Goto, apart from the pristine beaches, and UNESCO listed churches nearby. The samurai residences have a unique security feature.  Small rocks without cement were placed on top of the walls.  In case of intruders, the sound of falling rocks would alert the samurai lord's of danger.
    samurai-goto-5.jpg
  • Bukeyashiki Samurai Street is in an area of the Fukue Goto town where the ruling class lived during the Edo Period.  Today the area's main street highlights the surviving stone walls and front gates to samurai residences that line the road. Behind the walls and gates hardly anything historical survives, having been supplanted with modern structures. There is a ruined castle that served as the seat of the area lord's power from which the entire Goto fief was ruled during the Edo Period. Today little of the castle remains except for a section of the old moat with most of the grounds occupied by a school. Parts of the old castle and the adjacent samurai district are the main attractions of Fukue Goto, apart from the pristine beaches, and UNESCO listed churches nearby. The samurai residences have a unique security feature.  Small rocks without cement were placed on top of the walls.  In case of intruders, the sound of falling rocks would alert the samurai lord's of danger.
    samurai-goto-4.jpg
  • Dozaki Church is the oldest church in the Goto Islands in offshore Fukue, Goto in Nagasaki Prefecture and was built by French missionaries. It now serves a museum displaying historical documents relating to Christians and the 300-year period of suppression of Christianity.  In 1879, a temporary chapel was constructed here by Father Marmand of the Paris Foreign Mission Society which became the focus for missionary activities on the Goto Islands after the oppression of Christianity ended.  The church was designed and built by Tetsukawa Yosuke.  At the age of 20, he participated in the construction of Catholic churches across the Goto Islands at first as a gifted carpenter. He went on to study architecture and joined the Architectural Institute of Japan. Although a Buddhist he was sensitive to the sentiments of Catholics by designing and building beautiful churches across Kyushu.
    dozaki-church-5.jpg
  • Dozaki Church is the oldest church in the Goto Islands in offshore Fukue, Goto in Nagasaki Prefecture and was built by French missionaries. It now serves a museum displaying historical documents relating to Christians and the 300-year period of suppression of Christianity.  In 1879, a temporary chapel was constructed here by Father Marmand of the Paris Foreign Mission Society which became the focus for missionary activities on the Goto Islands after the oppression of Christianity ended.  The church was designed and built by Tetsukawa Yosuke.  At the age of 20, he participated in the construction of Catholic churches across the Goto Islands at first as a gifted carpenter. He went on to study architecture and joined the Architectural Institute of Japan. Although a Buddhist he was sensitive to the sentiments of Catholics by designing and building beautiful churches across Kyushu.
    dozaki-church-4..jpg
  • Dozaki Church is the oldest church in the Goto Islands in offshore Fukue, Goto in Nagasaki Prefecture and was built by French missionaries. It now serves a museum displaying historical documents relating to Christians and the 300-year period of suppression of Christianity.  In 1879, a temporary chapel was constructed here by Father Marmand of the Paris Foreign Mission Society which became the focus for missionary activities on the Goto Islands after the oppression of Christianity ended.  The church was designed and built by Tetsukawa Yosuke.  At the age of 20, he participated in the construction of Catholic churches across the Goto Islands at first as a gifted carpenter. He went on to study architecture and joined the Architectural Institute of Japan. Although a Buddhist he was sensitive to the sentiments of Catholics by designing and building beautiful churches across Kyushu.
    dozaki-church-1.jpg
  • Dozaki Church is the oldest church in the Goto Islands in offshore Fukue, Goto in Nagasaki Prefecture and was built by French missionaries. It now serves a museum displaying historical documents relating to Christians and the 300-year period of suppression of Christianity.  In 1879, a temporary chapel was constructed here by Father Marmand of the Paris Foreign Mission Society which became the focus for missionary activities on the Goto Islands after the oppression of Christianity ended.  The church was designed and built by Tetsukawa Yosuke.  At the age of 20, he participated in the construction of Catholic churches across the Goto Islands at first as a gifted carpenter. He went on to study architecture and joined the Architectural Institute of Japan. Although a Buddhist he was sensitive to the sentiments of Catholics by designing and building beautiful churches across Kyushu.
    dozaki-church-2.jpg
  • Dozaki Church is the oldest church in the Goto Islands in offshore Fukue, Goto in Nagasaki Prefecture and was built by French missionaries. It now serves a museum displaying historical documents relating to Christians and the 300-year period of suppression of Christianity.  In 1879, a temporary chapel was constructed here by Father Marmand of the Paris Foreign Mission Society which became the focus for missionary activities on the Goto Islands after the oppression of Christianity ended.  The church was designed and built by Tetsukawa Yosuke.  At the age of 20, he participated in the construction of Catholic churches across the Goto Islands at first as a gifted carpenter. He went on to study architecture and joined the Architectural Institute of Japan. Although a Buddhist he was sensitive to the sentiments of Catholics by designing and building beautiful churches across Kyushu.
    dozaki-church-3.jpg
  • 75.1 Dozaki Church 堂崎教会堂 is the oldest church in the Goto Islands in offshore Nagasaki Prefecture and was built by French missionaries. It now serves as a museum displaying historical documents relating to Christians and the period of suppression of Christianity.  In 1879, a temporary chapel was constructed here by Father Marmand of the Paris Foreign Mission Society which became the focus for missionary activities on the Goto Islands after the oppression of Christianity ended.  The church was designed and built by Tetsukawa Yosuke.  At the age of 20, he participated in the construction of Catholic churches across the Goto Islands at first as a gifted carpenter. He went on to study architecture and joined the Architectural Institute of Japan. Although a Buddhist he was sensitive to the sentiments of Catholics by designing and building beautiful churches across Kyushu.
    75.1.NAGASAKI.DOZAKI.jpg
  • 75.2 Egami Church 江上天主堂- In 1918 the descendants of Goto settlers cooperated to build the church under the direction of Tetsukawa Yosuke. Egami Village on Naru Island is part of the Hidden Christian legacy of migrants from the mainland who continued to practise their faith secretly during the ban on Christianity.  Egami Church was built using indigenous techniques and materials and demonstrates the cultural continuity with regards to the period of the ban on Christianity. The Egami Church is considered as the best example in terms of design and structure among the wooden church buildings constructed in the Nagasaki region from the 19th century onwards.
    75.2.NAGASAKI-EGAMI-01.jpg
  • 75.2 Egami Church 江上天主堂- In 1918 the descendants of Goto settlers cooperated to build the church under the direction of Tetsukawa Yosuke. Egami Village on Naru Island is part of the Hidden Christian legacy of migrants from the mainland who continued to practise their faith secretly during the ban on Christianity.  Egami Church was built using indigenous techniques and materials and demonstrates the cultural continuity with regards to the period of the ban on Christianity. The Egami Church is considered as the best example in terms of design and structure among the wooden church buildings constructed in the Nagasaki region from the 19th century onwards.
    75.2.nagasaki-egami-2.jpg
  • Hamawaki Church was built to replace the former Gorin Church, which still stands albeit as a kind of museum rather than a consecrated church. Hamawaki was covered over with ferro concrete to protect it from typhoons and other severe weather.  Hisaka Island in the southern part of the Goto Islands was inhabited by Hidden Christians who migrated there to escape persecution.  Former Gorin Church is a restoration of Hamawaki Church which was built in 1881. In 1931 Hamawaki Church was reconstructed with a larger space. The dismantled materials were used for the construction of a church in the Gorin district. The restored church uses a rare combination of Japanese and Western construction methods, while Hamawaki is more modern and imposing in appearance.
    Hamawaki-Church.jpg
  • Tabira Church - The history of Tabira began with French missionary Emile Raguet who in 1886 purchased two acres of wilderness at his own expense and settled families there. The same year, Marc-Marie de Rotz bought more land and sent more families to live nearby. Eventually the number of the settlers increased and in 1914 Japanese priest Nakata Tokichi raised funds for a formal church with the parishioners helping in its construction. Tabira Church is distinctive in its three story central tower protruding from the front with an octagonal dome belfry. The building faces the Hirado Strait and has been designated as an important cultural asset by the Japanese government, as well as being part of UNESCO World Heritage associated with Hirado Villages and Hidden Christians.
    tabira-church-5.jpg
  • Tabira Church - The history of Tabira began with French missionary Emile Raguet who in 1886 purchased two acres of wilderness at his own expense and settled families there. The same year, Marc-Marie de Rotz bought more land and sent more families to live nearby. Eventually the number of the settlers increased and in 1914 Japanese priest Nakata Tokichi raised funds for a formal church with the parishioners helping in its construction. Tabira Church is distinctive in its three story central tower protruding from the front with an octagonal dome belfry. The building faces the Hirado Strait and has been designated as an important cultural asset by the Japanese government, as well as being part of UNESCO World Heritage associated with Hirado Villages and Hidden Christians.
    tabira-church-1.jpg
  • 75. Tabira Church 田平天主堂 - The history of Tabira began with French missionary Emile Raguet who in 1886 purchased two acres of wilderness at his own expense and arranged to settle Japanese christian families on his land. The same year, Marc-Marie de Rotz bought more land and sent more families to live nearby. Eventually the number of the settlers increased and in 1914 Japanese priest Nakata Tokichi raised funds for a formal church with the parishioners helping in its construction. Tabira Church is distinctive in its three story central tower protruding from the front with an octagonal dome belfry. The building faces the Hirado Strait and has been designated as an important cultural asset by the Japanese government.
    75.NAGASAKO-TABIRA-02.jpg
  • 75. Tabira Church 田平天主堂 - The history of Tabira began with French missionary Emile Raguet who in 1886 purchased two acres of wilderness at his own expense and arranged to settle Japanese christian families on his land. The same year, Marc-Marie de Rotz bought more land and sent more families to live nearby. Eventually the number of the settlers increased and in 1914 Japanese priest Nakata Tokichi raised funds for a formal church with the parishioners helping in its construction. Tabira Church is distinctive in its three story central tower protruding from the front with an octagonal dome belfry. The building faces the Hirado Strait and has been designated as an important cultural asset by the Japanese government.
    75.NAGASAKO-TABIRA-01.jpg
  • Tabira Church - The history of Tabira began with French missionary Emile Raguet who in 1886 purchased two acres of wilderness at his own expense and settled families there. The same year, Marc-Marie de Rotz bought more land and sent more families to live nearby. Eventually the number of the settlers increased and in 1914 Japanese priest Nakata Tokichi raised funds for a formal church with the parishioners helping in its construction. Tabira Church is distinctive in its three story central tower protruding from the front with an octagonal dome belfry. The building faces the Hirado Strait and has been designated as an important cultural asset by the Japanese government, as well as being part of UNESCO World Heritage associated with Hirado Villages and Hidden Christians.
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  • Tabira Church - The history of Tabira began with French missionary Emile Raguet who in 1886 purchased two acres of wilderness at his own expense and settled families there. The same year, Marc-Marie de Rotz bought more land and sent more families to live nearby. Eventually the number of the settlers increased and in 1914 Japanese priest Nakata Tokichi raised funds for a formal church with the parishioners helping in its construction. Tabira Church is distinctive in its three story central tower protruding from the front with an octagonal dome belfry. The building faces the Hirado Strait and has been designated as an important cultural asset by the Japanese government, as well as being part of UNESCO World Heritage associated with Hirado Villages and Hidden Christians.
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  • Tabira Church - The history of Tabira began with French missionary Emile Raguet who in 1886 purchased two acres of wilderness at his own expense and settled families there. The same year, Marc-Marie de Rotz bought more land and sent more families to live nearby. Eventually the number of the settlers increased and in 1914 Japanese priest Nakata Tokichi raised funds for a formal church with the parishioners helping in its construction. Tabira Church is distinctive in its three story central tower protruding from the front with an octagonal dome belfry. The building faces the Hirado Strait and has been designated as an important cultural asset by the Japanese government, as well as being part of UNESCO World Heritage associated with Hirado Villages and Hidden Christians.
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  • Tabira Church - The history of Tabira began with French missionary Emile Raguet who in 1886 purchased two acres of wilderness at his own expense and settled families there. The same year, Marc-Marie de Rotz bought more land and sent more families to live nearby. Eventually the number of the settlers increased and in 1914 Japanese priest Nakata Tokichi raised funds for a formal church with the parishioners helping in its construction. Tabira Church is distinctive in its three story central tower protruding from the front with an octagonal dome belfry. The building faces the Hirado Strait and has been designated as an important cultural asset by the Japanese government, as well as being part of UNESCO World Heritage associated with Hirado Villages and Hidden Christians.
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  • Ishidoro at Gotoh Museum Garden - Ishidoro lanterns are usually used to decorate Japanese gardens, shrines and temples rather than for providing light, although occasionally they are lit up with candles inside during festivals.   Ishidoro Lanterns were introduced to Japan via China in the 6th century.  The earliest lanterns, found only in temple grounds, were designed to hold the flame representing Buddha.  Light  helps us overcome the darkness of ignorance. Ishidoro were originally used at temples, gardens and shrines.  Around the 16th century stone lanterns were adopted and placed in the gardens of teahouses.
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  • Ishidoro at Gotoh Museum Garden - Ishidoro lanterns are usually used to decorate Japanese gardens, shrines and temples rather than for providing light, although occasionally they are lit up with candles inside during festivals.   Ishidoro Lanterns were introduced to Japan via China in the 6th century.  The earliest lanterns, found only in temple grounds, were designed to hold the flame representing Buddha.  Light  helps us overcome the darkness of ignorance. Ishidoro were originally used at temples, gardens and shrines.  Around the 16th century stone lanterns were adopted and placed in the gardens of teahouses.
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  • The Gotoh Museum Garden was commissioned  by Gotoh Keita who was the late chairman of the Tokyu Corp.  It was created in 1960 to hold the many traditional works of Japanese and Far Eastern art that Gotoh collected during half his lifetime.  Gotoh was particularly interested in stone Japanese lanterns, that adorn the garden pathways.  Gotoh's interest in collecting traditional art was initially inspired by his interest in copies of the Buddhist sutras dating from the Nara Period. His interests included Zen calligraphy as well as Japanese traditional culture which inevitably led him to tea ceremony. Naturally, there are tea ceremony huts within the garden grounds that punctuate the hilly ravine garden.
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  • Ishidoro at Gotoh Museum Garden - Ishidoro lanterns are usually used to decorate Japanese gardens, shrines and temples rather than for providing light, although occasionally they are lit up with candles inside during festivals.   Ishidoro Lanterns were introduced to Japan via China in the 6th century.  The earliest lanterns, found only in temple grounds, were designed to hold the flame representing Buddha.  Light  helps us overcome the darkness of ignorance. Ishidoro were originally used at temples, gardens and shrines.  Around the 16th century stone lanterns were adopted and placed in the gardens of teahouses.
    gotoh-museum-garden-05.jpg
  • Ishidoro at Gotoh Museum Garden - Ishidoro lanterns are usually used to decorate Japanese gardens, shrines and temples rather than for providing light, although occasionally they are lit up with candles inside during festivals.   Ishidoro Lanterns were introduced to Japan via China in the 6th century.  The earliest lanterns, found only in temple grounds, were designed to hold the flame representing Buddha.  Light  helps us overcome the darkness of ignorance. Ishidoro were originally used at temples, gardens and shrines.  Around the 16th century stone lanterns were adopted and placed in the gardens of teahouses.
    gotoh-museum-garden-06.jpg
  • The Gotoh Museum Garden was commissioned  by Gotoh Keita who was the late chairman of the Tokyu Corp.  It was created in 1960 to hold the many traditional works of Japanese and Far Eastern art that Gotoh collected during half his lifetime.  Gotoh was particularly interested in stone Japanese lanterns, that adorn the garden pathways.  Gotoh's interest in collecting traditional art was initially inspired by his interest in copies of the Buddhist sutras dating from the Nara Period. His interests included Zen calligraphy as well as Japanese traditional culture which inevitably led him to tea ceremony. Naturally, there are tea ceremony huts within the garden grounds that punctuate the hilly ravine garden.
    gotoh-museum-garden-02.jpg
  • Northern Culture Museum Niigata Annex - Hoppoubunka Hakubutsukan Niigata Maykan - was first opened by the landowner Gono Ito Bunkichi, who represented Niigata from during the Showa era. It was also the mansion where literary art historian Yaichi Aizu spent his final years.  The garden itself was designed by Goto Ishimizu.  The Northern Culture Museum operated three different facilities in the Niigata area, all of them contain Japanese gardens of varying quality.
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  • Northern Culture Museum Niigata Annex - Hoppoubunka Hakubutsukan Niigata Maykan - was first opened by the landowner Gono Ito Bunkichi, who represented Niigata from during the Showa era. It was also the mansion where literary art historian Yaichi Aizu spent his final years.  The garden itself was designed by Goto Ishimizu.  The Northern Culture Museum operated three different facilities in the Niigata area, all of them contain Japanese gardens of varying quality.
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  • Northern Culture Museum Niigata Annex - Hoppoubunka Hakubutsukan Niigata Maykan - was first opened by the landowner Gono Ito Bunkichi, who represented Niigata from during the Showa era. It was also the mansion where literary art historian Yaichi Aizu spent his final years.  The garden itself was designed by Goto Ishimizu.  The Northern Culture Museum operated three different facilities in the Niigata area, all of them contain Japanese gardens of varying quality.
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  • 75.4 Nagasaki Hidden Christians 隠れキリシタン The remote outlying Goto Islands in Nagasaki prefecture were refuges for Christians during the ban on Christianity in Japan. Christianity became illegal and was severely punished. Many Japanese christians were tortured or killed and missionaries were deported. By 1640 not a single priest was left in Japan, either European or Japanese. Nevertheless, many Christians in Japan persisted in practicing their religion in secret during the ban.
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  • 75.4 Nagasaki Hidden Christians 隠れキリシタン The remote outlying Goto Islands in Nagasaki prefecture were refuges for Christians during the ban on Christianity in Japan. Christianity became illegal and was severely punished. Many Japanese christians were tortured or killed and missionaries were deported. By 1640 not a single priest was left in Japan, either European or Japanese. Nevertheless, many Christians in Japan persisted in practicing their religion in secret during the ban.
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  • Khao Takiap Beach -  Khao Takiap headland is considered the best beach in Hua Hin.  On top of this, Khao Takiap has a temple on top of the hill, complete with its infestation of monkeys. Quieter than more central beaches, it is the go-to place for those who crave quiet and to appreciate the ocean rather than town life.
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