Shitsu Church & Sotome villages

History

Sotome area villages where Hidden Christians maintained their faith; Shitsu Church built 1882 by Fr. Marc de Rotz. Component of the UNESCO 'Hidden Christian Sites' (Villages of Shitsu and Ōno).

Getting there

Bus from Nagasaki Station (~1 hr).

Sources

• https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1495/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Marie_de_Rotz

From the library

• Hesselink, The Dream of Christian Nagasaki — full text read; mentioned on PDF pp. 41, 42, 66, 72, 89, 94…
• Religiosity and Underground Life — full text read; mentioned on PDF pp. 16, 19
• The Triumph of Perseverance: Kakure Kirishitan — full text read; mentioned on PDF pp. 3, 10

Coordinates 32.8636, 129.7123 (approximate)