Kuroshima Church

Kuroshima is an island located southeast of Hirado, off the coast of Sasebo. Many people came and settled here in the 18th century.

Shitsu church

In September 1865, following the Discovery of the Hidden Christians at Nagasaki’s Oura Cathedral in March of the same year, Father Petitjean (the priest to whom they had confessed their faith) visited Sotome and successfully made contact with Hidden Christians living there.

The sardine net workshop of Former Shitsu Aid Centre (Father de Rotz Memorial Hall)

In 1885, this building was constructed opposite the Former Shitsu Aid centre. It is a wooden-framed, one-storey building made of brick.

Former Shitsu Aid Centre

Former Shitsu Aid Centre opened in 2013 after 5 years of conservation and repair work.

Oura Cathedral

Oura Cathedral is dedicated to the 26 martyrs of Japan, and was also the stage for an event which became known as the “Discovery of Christians”.

Former Latin Seminary

Although it is popularly known as the Former Latin Seminary, the school’s official name is actually Nagasaki Catholic Divinity School. It was established by Father Petitjean in 1875 (soon after the ban on Christianity in Japan was lifted) in order to train theology students and Japanese priests. It functioned simultaneously as both a divinity school and a lodging house.

Former House of Archbishop

In 1915, the original presbytery (from before Oura Cathedral’s construction) was rebuilt.

Ono church

Built for 26 Christian households living in the vicinity of Ono, as a peripatetic church of Shitsu church.

Former Gorin Church

Former Gorin church is located on Hisaka island in the Goto islands. The island is shaped like a horse’s hoof.

Egami church

A wooden church with a multi-layered roof, designed by Tetsukawa Yosuke and completed in 1918. It has three aisles and a rib vault ceiling. The nave walls are arcade and mock triforium.

Former Nokubi Church

Designed and constructed by Tetsukawa Yosuke. Finished in 1908.

Kashiragashima Church

Kashiragashima is an island located east of the island of Nakadorijima, in the north of the Goto archipelago. The church itself is found in the village of Shirahama.

Sakitsu church

A church built in a small fishing village on Shimoshima island in Amakusa (which is part of Kumamoto prefecture).

Site of the first Sakitsu Church

Christian graveyard in Gorin

Site of a residence of a leader of Hidden Christianity (the original Nokubi Church)

Site of Setowaki Church

Site of Zazare Church

Site of Eiri Church

Site of Akanita Church

Site of the residence of a leader of Hidden Christians (site of a temporary church) / Site of the First Kashiragashima Church

Site of a temporary church (in Shitsu Village)

Site of a temporary church (on Kuroshima Island)