Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region

4 September 2022 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, UNESCO World Heritage Reading Time:  6 minutes

Remains of Villages on Nozaki Island © Pachopi/cc-by-sa-3.0

Remains of Villages on Nozaki Island © Pachopi/cc-by-sa-3.0

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 unique in the sense that each tells a story about the revival of Christianity after a long period of official suppression. Proposed jointly in 2007 for inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage List under criteria ii, iii, iv, v, and vi, the submission named at the time Churches and Christian Sites in Nagasaki on the Tentative List, was recognized on January 30, 2018, as a World Heritage Site.   read more…

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