Nagasaki, Shimabara, Amakusa

On February 20 to 24, 2005, Mr. & Mrs. Greenwood visited historical Christian land of 17th century Nagasaki, Shimabara and Amakusa.

First Day

They flew to Nagasaki and driven a rented car. They visited Pt. Kurosaki where famous novel about Christian missionary was written by Shusaku Endo. After visiting Memorial Hall of the writer and Catholic Church, they moved to the hotel over looking the city of Nagasaki.

Pt. Kurosaki

Catholic Church at Kurosaki

Memorial Hall of Shusaku Endo

Second Day

They visited various places in Nagasaki. Then they moved to Unzen.

Museum of Atomic Bomb

Uragami Cathedral

26 Saints who were martyred here

House of Glover

Ohoura  Cathedral

Dutch Slope

Looking towards Unzen from Motegi

Snow capped Mt. Fugen

New Lava dome of Mt. Fugen

Third Day

After staying in Unzen hot spring, they visited New Lava dome of Mt. Fugen which was erupted in 1990-1995. Then they visited Shimabara castle and Remains of Hara castle where approx. 30,000 Christian riots fought against federal load of Shimabara in 1637.

Shimabara Castle

Residence of Samurai

Remains of Hara Castle

They moved to Amakusa Island via ferry and stayed in Hotel Alegria.

Hotel Alegria

Museum of Amakusa Christian

Amakusa Fuji

Forth Day

They have made a round trip of the Amakusa Island.

Pt. Uonuki

Yokaku Bay

Catholic Church at Sakizu was built by Hulb in 1934. Catholic Church at Ohe was built by French missionary Garnie in 1932.

Catholic Church at Sakizu

Catholic Church at Ohe

Fifth Day

It was raining all day. They moved to Kumamoto via many bridges and visited Kumamoto Castle and Suizenji Garden. Thy have run the car over 566km in 5 days. They flew back to home.

Tenmon Bridge

Kumamoto Castle

Suizenji Garden

February 25, 2005

Rev. February 1, 2005


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