• Experience the history of faith at the national treasure, Oura Cathedral

  
  

• A historic holy place where Christians who had been hiding for about 250 years confessed their faith

  
  

• This valuable cultural asset is registered as a World Heritage Site as part of the "Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region."

  
  

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• National Treasure Oura Cathedral

Officially named the Church of the Twenty-Six Martyrs of Japan, the dedication
ceremony was held on February 19, 1865. Built at a time when Christianity was
still banned in Japan, the church is where Christians who had been hiding for
approximately 250 years confessed their faith on March 17, 1865. In 1933, it
was designated a National Treasure under the National Treasure Preservation
Act. In 1953, it was designated a National Treasure under the Cultural
Properties Protection Act as Japan's first Western-style wooden building. The
Latin Seminary (a national important cultural property), built in 1875, and
the former Archbishop's Palace (a prefectural important cultural property),
built in 1915, were both opened as Christian museums on April 1, 2018. In the
same year, the "Hidden Christian Sites of Nagasaki and the Amakusa Region"
were registered as a World Heritage Site.