Sakitsu Village & Church (Amakusa)

History

Fishing village where Hidden Christians disguised devotions using local Shinto and fishing objects. Gothic church built 1934 on the site of a former village headman's house where fumie were held. UNESCO component.

Getting there

Bus from Hondo (~1 hr 20).

Sources

• https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1495/

From the library

• Morris, 'Anti-Kirishitan Surveillance in Early Modern Japan' (Surveillance & Society 2018) — 1614 edict, fumie, temple registration
• The Triumph of Perseverance: Kakure Kirishitan — full text read; mentioned on PDF pp. 3, 12

Coordinates 32.3127, 130.0249 (approximate)