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Matsubara Jinja
It enshrines Nabeshima Naoshige, and is affectionately called Nippo-san.
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Imari Jinja
The tutelary shrine of Imari, combining three shrines. Nakashima Jinja enshrines the deity of confectionery.
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Niiyama Jinja
Known as Sanno-san. Its Otamai rite is performed once every twelve years.
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Oura Tenshudo
The oldest surviving Christian building in Japan, and a National Treasure. In 1865 hidden Christians declared their faith to a priest here, an event known as the Discovery of the Believers. For two hundred and fifty years the faith had been passed on without a single priest.
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Sanno Jinja
Half of its second torii was blown away by the atomic bomb, and the remaining half still stands. Called the one-legged torii, it was preserved rather than removed.
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Chinzei Taisha Suwa Jinja
The shrine of the Nagasaki Kunchi. It was built to re-establish Shinto in a Nagasaki left in disarray by the spread of Christianity. The Kunchi is an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property.
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Kashiragashima Church
A stone church. Villages and churches of the hidden Christians are scattered across the Goto Islands, and together they make up a World Cultural Heritage site.
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Kuroshima Tenshudo
The islanders laid the brick themselves. The floor is tiled with Arita ware.
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Kashiragashima Tenshudo
A stone church, unusual in Japan. The congregation quarried the stone from their own island.
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26 Martyrs
Twenty-six people were executed on the hill at Nishizaka. Pilgrims come here from all over the world.
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Urakami Tenshudo
It collapsed in the atomic bombing. The scorched statues and the bell tower were kept.
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Watazumi Jinja
Five torii standing in the sea. At spring high tides, seawater reaches close to the shrine halls.