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Amakusa. Coordinates: 32°24′N 130°07′E. Amakusa islands at Yatsushiro Sea, in Japan. The largest island (left) is Shimoshima. View of Amakusa islands (with Yushima, Kami-Amakusa in foreground). Ōe Catholic Church. Amakusa (天草), which means "Heaven's Grass," is a series of islands off the west coast of Kyushu, the southernmost of the ...
Top Attractions in Amakusa. See all. These rankings are informed by Tripadvisor data—we consider traveler reviews, ratings, number of page views, and user location. 1. Sakitsu Catholic Church. 257. Churches & Cathedrals. By Travel-Kumamoto. The local tourist bus company started half day Local Tour course to attract visitors.
Don't miss the Amakusa Collegio Museum, which explores the history of the area before the Shimabara Rebellion and features a life-sized model of Japan's first printing press. Other attractions on Shimoshima that aren't related to Amakusa's turbulent past include plenty of beaches, parks and hiking trails.
- Exploring The Christian History of Amakusa 天草
- Brief History of Christianity in Japan
- Christianity in Amakusa
- Shiro Amakusa Memorial Hall
- Amakusa Christian Museum
- Dolphin Watching
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Christianity can be said to have arrived in Japan in the person of St. Francis Xavier. Xavier and his missionary colleagues were quite successful in converting Japanese people to Christianity in various parts of Japan, but most successfully in Kyushu, which was geographically the main point of contact between the Europeans and Japan. While there we...
The story of Christianity in the Amakusa Islands pretty much mirrors that of Japan as a whole. Many islanders became Christian quite early on after being visited by the Portuguese Jesuit Luis de Almeida in 1566. In 1588 control of the islands was given to Konishi Yukinaga who grew up in a Christian family and so might well have been baptized as a c...
Housed in a striking building overlooking the beach on Oyano Island, this museum is devoted to Christian history of Amakusa, the “Hidden Christians”, the Amakusa-Shimabara Rebellion, and imported European culture of the 16th century. This is known as nanban, “southern barbarians” in Japanese. The museum's collection was recently expanded with the p...
Located on a hilltop overlooking Hondo, the biggest city in the Amakusa Islands, this was the site of the castle that overlooked the area. This modern and spacious museum has displays and artifacts that cover the introduction of Christianity to the islands, the Amakusa-Shimabara rebellion, and the era of Hidden Christians. Perhaps the most notable ...
The Amakusa Islands have much more to offer visitors than just its Christian heritage, with the best known probably being dolphin watching. In the waters between the islands and the Shimabara Peninsula of Nagasaki lives a large group of Bottle Nose dolphins. Many companies in the Amakusa Islands as well as on the Shimabara Peninsula run boat tours ...
Air The Amakusa Islands can be reached by air. Amakusa Airport located on Shimoshima Island has flights to Fukuoka, Kumamotoand Osaka Itami airports. Ferry There are frequent ferries from Kuchinotsu Port on the Shimabara Peninsula to Oniike Port on Shimoshima Island. There is also a ferry from Kuranomoto on Nagashima Island to Ushibuka Port on the ...
Amakusa Tourism: Tripadvisor has 2,850 reviews of Amakusa Hotels, Attractions, and Restaurants making it your best Amakusa travel resource. ... Japan. Kyushu.
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We hired a van from Kumamoto spent over 6 hours round trips. It’s worthwhile for this ride (There are other transportation arrangements to Amakusa.). We were able to enter the churches and have made pray in both places. Shimoshima is nice and quiet and so peaceful. Whether Catholics or not, it’s good to visit Amakusa/Shimoshima for touring.
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