Amakusa Shiro Museum

Worth a visit especially when you are a Christian

This Memorial Hall has all the history of Shiro Amakusa and the island of Amakusa. It has an exhibition hall with English and Japanese description. What impressed us most is that there is a Meditati...

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The northwest Kyushu around Nagasaki and the Amakusa islands were the centre of Christianity in Japan. The first Christians in Japan were Portuguese, the mid-16th century came to Japan...

There's a coupon at the roadside station.

Original Text

There is a roadside station opposite, and I got a discount coupon from the tourist association there. It's a little hill. The church-style building is nice.

Shiro Amakusa, a 16 year old boy at that time

Original Text

　There was Amakusa Shiro Museum on a hill overlooking the Ariake Sea of Oyanojima at the northern end of Amakusa. The pale yellow church-like building was impressive on the green hill where palm trees grew. As the name of the museum shows, it is a museum that conveys the historical background of the Shimabara Rebellion and the pattern of the time influenced by Nanban culture, centered on Shiro Amakusa, a 16-year-old boy who caused the Shimabara Rebellion. It was explained by the video and it was easier to understand.

Amakusa hero!

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　For me, Amakusa Shiro was the person who caused the Shimabara Rebellion and the person who was the leader. The Amakusa Shiro Museum was on a hill overlooking the sea in the central part of Oyanojima, which is the gateway to Amakusa. I visited Amakusa for the first time this time, and I could feel that I was praising him in all areas, such as this museum and his statues here and there in Amakusa. I thought it was a kind of hero for the Amakusa people.