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The Basilica of the Twenty-Six Holy Martyrs of Japan also Ōura Church is a Catholic minor basilica and co-cathedral in Nagasaki, Japan, built soon after the end of the Japanese government's Seclusion Policy in 1853. It is also known as the Church of the 26 Japanese Martyrs.
attractions: Glover Garden, Nagasaki Shinchi Chinatown, Nagasaki Seaside Park, Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum, Nagasaki Koshibyo Confucius Shrine and Historical Museum of China, Hotel JAL City Nagasaki, Gunkanjima Digital Museum, Dutch Slope, Mt. Nabekanmuri Park, Minato Park, restaurants: Shikairou Chinese Restaurant, Kozanro Chukagaishinkan, ガスト 長崎大浦海岸店, Lao Lee, Katsushika, Nagasaki Wagyu YAKINIKU PURE, 中華菜館 福壽, Dejima Asa, HAYAMA COFFEE Nagasakiorandadoriten, Nagasakichukagai Soshurin
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The Basilica of the Twenty-Six Holy Martyrs of Japan also Ōura Church is a Catholic minor basilica and co-cathedral in Nagasaki, Japan, built soon after the end of the Japanese government's Seclusion Policy in 1853. It is also known as the Church of the 26 Japanese Martyrs.
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The ticket fee is ¥1000, which is absurd. As with most historical churches in Japan, pictures are forbidden in the church interior. That being said, Oura Church is the oldest extant church in Japan. It is quite beautiful. It is dedicated to the 26 Martyrs of Japan, and a museum next to the church gives a brief overview of the tumultuous history of Christianity in Japan. Included with the ticket is a booklet giving a more detailed history of Christianity in Nagasaki. Oura Church is one of the most interesting and beautiful attractions in Nagasaki, but the price is shameful.
Joshua “JGar92” GarciaJoshua “JGar92” Garcia
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The oldest church in Nagasaki built in 1965 as dedication to 26 martyrs of Japan. A beautiful exterior with very much european style. It has the statue of Our Lady of Japan in front of the church. Wooden dominating interior adds the sacred feeling. It's an old painting of 26 martyrs being crucified in one side of the altar. It survived the atomic bomb blast with very much eveeything in tact except for the window glasses.
Bobby SumarkhoBobby Sumarkho
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The history of Christianity in Japan gives hope for the West now. For 150 years, people lived their faith creatively without any clergy. They welcomed the Western clergy back when oppression was over. So the Japanese faith is deeper and older than this Western-styled church.
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The church and its museum were good places to start visits for christianity in Nagasaki. The road leading to the church was full of stores which made me think of approaching a Buddhist temple instead of a former Catholic Church. No mass is held at the moment.
SJ LSJ L
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大浦天主堂は、長崎電気軌道･石橋停留場の西350mほどの長崎市南山手町にある教会です。 グラバー園の北東に隣接しており、長崎有数の観光地となっています。 内覧時間は、8:00～18:00で、拝観料は1,000円と高額になっています。 大浦天主堂は、幕末の開国にともなって造成された長崎居留地に、在留外国人のために建設された中世ヨーロッパ建築を代表するゴシック調の教会で、現存するものでは国内最古となります。聖堂内を飾るステンドグラスの中には、約100年前のものもあります。 また、建立直前に列聖された日本二十六聖人に捧げられた教会であり、天主堂の正面は殉教の地である西坂に向けて建てられています。 設計指導者はフランス人宣教師のフューレとプティジャンの両神父で、施工は天草の小山秀之進（のちに、「秀（ひいで）と改名」）です。元治元年（1864年）に竣工し、翌年2月に祝別されました。この直後の3月に、浦上の潜伏キリシタンが訪れ、信仰を告白したことにより、世界の宗教史上にも類を見ない「信徒発見」の舞台となりました。 明治8年（1875年）と明治12年（1879年）の増改築により、平面形式と外観デザインも変容し、外壁も木造からレンガ造に変更されましたが、内部空間の主要部には創建当初の姿が保存されています。 昭和8年（1933年）に国宝となりましたが、原爆による損傷の修復が完了した後、現存する日本最古の教会建築として昭和28年（1953年）に再度国宝に指定されました。 平成30年（2018年）にユネスコの世界文化遺産に登録された「長崎と天草地方の潜伏キリシタン関連遺産」の構成資産のひとつです。
原和原和
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“Great old church” Lots of history in this old church, in 1981 Pope John Paul visited and after which a bust of his holiness was displayed near a beautiful pond, it's a great old church that has been around for about 150 years.
ShinbonerShinboner
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