Jan Visits Nagasaki


Nagasaki Harbor	A picture of the boat used to visit Gunkanjima.

The last sight we visited was the "Memorial to the Martyrdom of the 26 Saints of Japan".	While there today are not many Christians in Japan, the main reason is that most Christians were killed off after the ban of Christianity in 1597.

Almost all of Japan's Christians were killed in various brutal ways, and among these martyrs were the 26 Franciscans that were crucified in Nagasaki in the same year.	In addition to a memorial for the crucified Christians, there is a museum that commemorates and explains the role and history of Christianity in Japan and various parts of Asia.