Shimoshima Island

Visiting historical sites at Amakusa

We are Catholics and purposely came here in visiting those historical churches. We hired a van from Kumamoto spent over 6 hours round trips. It’s worthwhile for this ride (There are other transportati...

Suddenly realized white chapels.

It was amazing place because beautiful white chapel in the middle of very Japanese country farm.

the hidden Christian villages are dotted.

Original Text

　Nowadays, the Amakusa Islands are connected to the mainland of Kyushu by bridges and ferries. Amakusa Shimojima is the largest island among them. On the west side of the island was a coastline with many cliffs that were difficult for people to approach. In such a place, hidden Christian-related facilities such as Oe Catholic Church and Sakitsu Catholic Church, which are registered as World Heritage Sites, are scattered. Because it is a land away from the mainland, Christian faith has been cultivated for a long time.

Sunset and hidden Christian facilities!

Original Text

　The largest island in the Amakusa Islands is Amakusa Shimojima. We entered from Amakusa Kamijima, headed west like crossing the island, then southward along the coastline, saw Oe Catholic Church and Sakitsu Catholic Church, and then took a ferry from Ushifuka Port to the mainland side. Head It was. There is Shimoda Onsen in the western part of the island, and I ran on a national highway called the "Sunset Line" that runs north-south along the west coast. On the way, there are sunset points called "onikaigaura Observatory" and "myokenura" ...

The people are surprisingly calm. Hondo is surprised in a big city. Amakusa with many mysteries.

Original Text

Stayed from ２ Moon １８ to ２ Moon ２０. There is no direct bus from Kumamoto Airport and I was surprised at the distance of ２ half an hour by changing at the Sakuramachi bus stop. It's quite far. I was surprised that the city of Hondo, which I reached across several bridges on the way, was a large city with an arcade shopping street. Tsutaya, UNIQLO, Aeon, Shimamura, is this the suburbs of Tokyo? Is that. But the people are surprisingly calm. Amazingly natural and kind. There seems to be this ...