[Nagasaki]Christian lived in Shimabara but……2013.07.16
“Shimabara jou” is Japanese castle, which is located on Shimabara city, Nagasaki prefecture. This Japanese architecture was torn down in 1876 but started to be reconstructed after 1964. In 17th century, the rebel of Christian raised in Shimabara. At that age, Christianity was prohibited for government reason. But after that rebellion, Christian prayed in refuge.
Now, a lot of traditions about Chirstian remained around Shimabara.
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