The Shimabara Peninsula is known for its Christian ... becoming the first Christian daimyō, and opening the port of Nagasaki to foreign trade. Over 10 Christian churches and hospitals were ...

Most Japan cruise itineraries have a port call in Nagasaki ... A popular excursion 70 kilometres west is Shimabara, a well-preserved 16th-century town with a reconstructed samurai castle that ...

SHIMABARA, Nagasaki Prefecture—This seaside city has grown in popularity as an on-location site for TV shows and commercials, thanks largely to an unmanned train station. Omisaki Station ...

A stronghold of Christendom once flourished in Japan, with a peninsula called Shimabara at its head. A statue of Amakusa Shiro, who led the Catholic Shimabara Rebellion, stands at the ruins of ...

Shigemasa had such respect for Father Navarro that he merely put him under house arrest, gave him freedom to celebrate Mass and hear confessions, and invited him often to Shimabara Castle to hear ...

I am in Shimabara, a relaxed and laidback castle town in the Nagasaki prefecture of Kyushu in Japan, known as the 'City of Springs' with more than 60 springs. The town sits on a peninsula in 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, Nagasaki Prefecture—International students were invited to join a lantern boat festival here, helping to preserve the local tradition and learning from the unique cultural experience.