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長崎県 · Shrines & temples

Oura Tenshudo

長崎市長崎

The oldest surviving Christian building in Japan, and a National Treasure. In 1865 hidden Christians declared their faith to a priest here, an event k…

長崎県 · Shrines & temples

Sanno Jinja

長崎市長崎

Half of its second torii was blown away by the atomic bomb, and the remaining half still stands. Called the one-legged torii, it was preserved rather …

長崎県 · Shrines & temples

Sofukuji

長崎市長崎

A Chinese temple built by resident Chinese, and the birthplace of the Obaku school in Japan. Its Daiyu Hoden and Daiippo gate are National Treasures. …

長崎県 · Shrines & temples

Chinzei Taisha Suwa Jinja

長崎市長崎

The shrine of the Nagasaki Kunchi. It was built to re-establish Shinto in a Nagasaki left in disarray by the spread of Christianity. The Kunchi is an …

長崎県 · Shrines & temples

Kashiragashima Church

新上五島町五島

A stone church. Villages and churches of the hidden Christians are scattered across the Goto Islands, and together they make up a World Cultural Herit…

長崎県 · Shrines & temples

Harajo

南島原市島原半島

The last stage of the Shimabara Rebellion. Thirty-seven thousand people held out here.

長崎県 · Shrines & temples

Kuroshima Tenshudo

佐世保市佐世保・県北

The islanders laid the brick themselves. The floor is tiled with Arita ware.

長崎県 · Shrines & temples

Egami Tenshudo

五島市五島

A small wooden church. Hand-painted wood grain survives on its columns.

長崎県 · Shrines & temples

Kashiragashima Tenshudo

新上五島町五島

A stone church, unusual in Japan. The congregation quarried the stone from their own island.

長崎県 · Shrines & temples

26 Martyrs

長崎市長崎

Twenty-six people were executed on the hill at Nishizaka. Pilgrims come here from all over the world.

長崎県 · Shrines & temples

Urakami Tenshudo

長崎市長崎

It collapsed in the atomic bombing. The scorched statues and the bell tower were kept.

長崎県 · Shrines & temples

Kofukuji (Nagasaki)

長崎市長崎

The first Obaku temple in Japan. It is called the red temple.

長崎県 · Shrines & temples

Hirado Xavier

平戸市佐世保・県北

A temple roof and a church spire overlap in the same view.

長崎県 · Shrines & temples

Watazumi Jinja

対馬市壱岐・対馬

Five torii standing in the sea. At high tide the halls appear to float.

長崎県 · Shrines & temples

Kaijin Jinja

対馬市壱岐・対馬

First shrine of Tsushima Province, tied to Empress Jingu.

長崎県 · Shrines & temples

Tsukiyomi Jinja (Iki)

壱岐市壱岐・対馬

It carries a tradition of being the birthplace of Shinto. The Tsukiyomi Jinja in Kyoto is said to have divided from here.

長崎県 · Shrines & temples

Shofukuji (Nagasaki)

長崎市長崎

One of the four Fukuji temples of Nagasaki. Its Chinese-style precinct survives.

長崎県 · Shrines & temples

Fukusaiji

長崎市長崎

A Kannon figure standing on the back of a turtle. One of the four Fukuji temples of Nagasaki.

長崎県 · Shrines & temples

Wakamiya Inari Jinja

長崎市長崎

Known for take-n-gei, in which young men dressed as foxes dance high on bamboo poles.

長崎県 · Shrines & temples

Nakamachi Church

長崎市長崎

Its outer walls survived the bombing, and it was rebuilt.

長崎県 · Shrines & temples

Magome Church

長崎市長崎

A white spire on the rise above the island.

長崎県 · Shrines & temples

Myosoji

長崎市長崎

An Obaku temple on the hillside of Nagasaki.

長崎県 · Shrines & temples

Manmyoji

雲仙市島原半島

Said to have opened Unzen. It once held more than a thousand lodgings.

長崎県 · Shrines & temples

Gokokuji

島原市島原半島

It stands in the temple quarter of the Shimabara castle town.