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目次 Local restaurant loved by local writer Kundo KoyamaSakitsu, Kawaura-machi, Amakusa-shi. There is a tiny sushi restaurant. Umitsuki, a restaurant where you can enjoy fresh seafood caught in local Sakitsu, in a Showa-style interior of a renovated house. |
Amakusa, a town of underground ChristiansAmakusa is often associated with the image of underground Christians. During the mid-sixteenth century, Christianity was transmitted to Amakusa which located in the southwest of Kumamoto prefecture. After Anti-Christian Edicts were issued, traces of underground Christians are can be seen all around this area. Even now, it is said that a cross can be found in some homes when you open a door next to a household Buddhist shrine. |
Sakitsu Cathedral and Statue of Mary on the OceanSakitsu Statue of Mary on the Ocean can be seen on the cape close to Sakitsu Cathedral, located at the gateway of Sakitsu fishing port. It was built by local Christian fishermen in the in the 1960s. Since then, it has been quietly watching out for the safety of fishing boats, and for a hefty catch. Fishermen give a prayer to the Statue of Mary before going out to sea, and again when they return. |