The Shimabara Peninsula is known for its Christian ... allowing the construction of churches and seminaries in Kyoto and Azuchi. But Nobunaga had ulterior motives: he aimed to repress Buddhist ...

In the images along with Tayu, of Kyoto's Shimabara entertainment district, are her two "kamuro" child attendants; twins Miu and Rino. Tayu was born on Jan. 19 and the twins on Nov. 9, giving them ...

In Kyoto there was Shimabara, in Osaka Shinmachi, and in Edo Yoshiwara. Kitagawa Morisada, who left many sketches of urban life in Japan’s nineteenth-century cities, was from the west of the ...

In 1637 a rebellion broke out in the province of Shimabara, in the south of the country. It was a peasants’ revolt, following years of bad harvests in which the local lord had refused to lower ...

Shimabara, near Nagasaki in the far south-west of the country, reels in visitors with fish-filled drains. The street-side channels boast water so pure that colourful koi carp swim around in them.

Residents of Shimabara, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Sunday paid tribute to the 43 people claimed by the pyroclastic flow triggered by the eruption of Mount Unzen in 1991. Some 100 people, including ...

The city of Shimabara in Nagasaki Prefecture on Wednesday commemorated the 43 victims of a massive pyroclastic flow that 29 years ago spewed from Mount Unzen's Fugen Peak. At a memorial service ...

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SHIMABARA, Nagasaki Prefecture--Centuries ago, the sight of Shimabara Castle outraged peasants to the point of revolt over the high taxes they paid to build it. Today, the structure inspires a ...