Hirosaki Anglican Ascension Church — Local services in Hirosaki

We were visiting Hirosaki to see the cherry blossom and on Sunday we went to this church and attended the service at 10:30 am. We don’t speak any Japanese so we didn’t understand anything apart from ‘Yeshu Cristu’, ‘Amen’ and ‘Hallelujah’ but it was nice to attend.

Initially we were asked to fill our names in a list which we gathered it had to do with those who wanted to receive communion. One or two people tried to ask us if we were Christians/Baptised, when we told them we were they said that one person would guide us for communion and he did.

Everyone tried to make us feel welcome even though we didn’t speak any common language.

The priest announced our names at the end of the service and everyone clapped (perhaps to welcome us).

After the service the priest and few people spoke to us and offered us some fruits, some information about the church and gave us a small gift.

One person took us to a nice place to have lunch.

So overall we had such a good experience of people being warm, welcoming and kind. We would love to go there again when we visit...

平日の日中にたまたま弘前れんが倉庫美術館を観た後に通りかかり、外観が立派だったので、内部が気になりました。

見学をしたい場合は教会の隣の建物に司祭さんがいらっしゃるので、ピンポンを押してお願いする形になります。

普通の人にはちょっとハードルが高いかもしれないですが、私は好奇心が勝ってタイミング良く司祭さんに教会の造りや歴史について紹介してもらえました。

この司祭さんがとても親切なので、ぜひ躊躇わずにピンポンを押してほしいです！

ただし、出張で不在の時も多いそうなので、会えるタイミングはレアかもしれないのですが…。

もともとは大きな教会だったのを、リフォームして待機場所を作り、仕切りの部分が障子とふすまでできている、とても日本的な教会でビックリしたと司祭さんが話していました。

また1台で色んな楽器の音が出せるユニークなオルガンがあるので、ぜひ実際に見てほしいです。

キリスト教の知識に明るくなくても、とても丁寧に説明してくださるので...

I went the kindergarten school operated by the church 60 years ago. Am glad the church still...