KASHIRAGASHIMA CHURCH

【WORLD HERTAGE SITE】Kashiragashima Church is a 20-minute drive from the Kami Goto Arikawa Port on the Goto Islands. It was completed in 1919 as a stone church by Yosuke Tetsukawa. It is a stone church, which is rare in Japan, and its design is excellent. The decoration of the camellia inside is beautiful, and it is also called the "Flower Cathedral". Hidden Christians that migrated there in the end of Edo era made the chuch by cutting out sandstone on a nearby island.

2018年09月25日