Miyazu Catholic Church

カトリック宮津教会聖ヨハネ天主堂

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Open tomorrow at 13:30-16:30

Recommended sightseeing time:1 hour

Address:

500 Miyamoto, Miyazu 626-0023, Kyoto PrefectureMap

Phone+81 772-22-3127

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Miyazu Catholic Church is the second oldest existing Catholic church in Japan. It was built in Meiji 29 and is an important cultural heritage for understanding Christian churches in the Meiji period. The exterior is a Roman-style European-style building, the interior is a small auditorium, and the arrangement next to the altar is Japanese-style tatami style. The church is a holy place for local Catholics, and many people come to visit from other places.

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nacrelet
Beautiful historic church
It is the oldest active Catholic church in Japan. You can also get inside and look at the interior. The stained glass windows were uniquely built, combining French and Japanese architecture. Very beau...
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Reviewed on Mar 31, 2015
LTB511
Only the afternoon of the moon, water and gold can be put into the Catholic Church
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About 7 ～ 8 minutes walk from Miyazu Station. There is a back gate across the narrow road from Miyazu City Hall. Built in 1896, it is the oldest wooden Catholic Church in Japan where mass is still being held. Tangible cultural property designated by Kyoto Prefecture. It is said that the ceiling and stained glass that draw the arch using tango zelkova material are beautiful, but it was not possible to enter the hall because the key to the Catholic Church was only opened in the afternoon of moon, water, and gold.
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Reviewed on Jan 30, 2022
OnAir803420
From the [Shirakabe Road] side, we recommend the landscape of Hosokawa ｶﾞﾗｼｬ statue and [ｶﾄﾘｯｸ Miyazu Church].
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I visited the second oldest ｶﾄﾘｯｸ church in Japan that still exists [1896, the oldest is [Oura Catholic Church] in the end of Edo era (1864)]. I only appreciated the exterior, but he said that the damage to the painting is a historic building. In [Oura Catholic Church], there is a [ﾏﾘｱ statue] at the entrance, but here is a [ﾏﾘｱ statue holding ｲｴｽ] on the right hand, and in the adjacent [Otegawa Fureai Square] [Miyazu Castle] Pray ...
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Reviewed on Oct 22, 2020
Susumu S
A different face from the front.
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It is a church diagonally opposite Miyazu City Hall. Seen from the city hall side, it was more like a Western-style mansion than a church, and I felt the modern and chic appearance of the rising sun. The front of the west was 々 as a church with a cross.
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Reviewed on Apr 18, 2020
moomijan
Now the admission limit あり
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It is a Catholic church built in 1897. It seemed that it was severely damaged, and there was a guide that there was a restriction on entering the hall with a rope stretched at the entrance. I definitely want to come again after the repair is over.
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Reviewed on Mar 7, 2020