十Christian Japan
Places and Atlas

Where it happened

1,196 places on one map: churches, martyrdom sites, hidden Christian villages, graves and museums. Below the map, the places of each chapter in order of the story, and every place guide grouped by region.

1,196 places mapped34 place guides47 story pins from the chapters
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Story pins come from the Atlas table of each chapter; each pin's popup names its coordinate source (OpenStreetMap or Wikidata). Directory dots come from the site's place list (all.json). Larger dots have a place guide.

Places in the story, by era

I

The Christian Century

1549 to 1614 · Chapter I · Timeline

  • Xavier landing memorial, KagoshimaLanding, 15 Aug 1549 (memorial, not a proven landing spot)OpenStreetMap node/3089188844
  • Yamaguchi Xavier Memorial ChurchXavier preaches with permission, 1551Wikidata Q11466600
  • Hirado (St Francis Xavier Memorial Church)Xavier preaches 1550; Dutch post 1609. The church is a later memorial, not a site Xavier usedOpenStreetMap way/787827963
  • Funai Castle, ŌitaŌtomo Sōrin's capital; Jesuit college 1580Wikidata Q1142070
  • Takatsuki CastleTakayama Ukon's church of 1574Wikidata Q11670758
  • KyotoChapel of 1561, rebuilt 1576 (city centre; site not pinned)Wikidata Q34600
  • Hinoe Castle, ArimaArima seminary from 1580, near the castleWikidata Q1026929
  • Arima seminary site marker, MinamiarimaSignboard near Kita-Arima station; the seminary moved several times, so the marker is not one fixed siteOpenStreetMap node/10701910369
  • Port of NagasakiFirst Portuguese ship 1571; ceded to the Jesuits 1580Wikidata Q11652608
  • Hakozaki Shrine, FukuokaHideyoshi's notice of 23 Jul 1587 was addressed to the Hakozaki districtWikidata Q714742
  • Nishizaka, NagasakiTwenty-six martyrs, 5 Feb 1597OpenStreetMap way/875993473
  • Kobe City MuseumNanban screens and Xavier portrait todayWikidata Q3330666

Objects The Kobe Portrait of Saint Francis XavierThe Kobe Nanban Screens by Kanō Naizen

II

The Hidden Centuries

1614 to 1865 · Chapter II · Timeline

Objects Fumi-e: The Christ UnderfootMaria Kannon: Mary in the Guise of Kannon

III

Discovery and Exile

1865 to 1873 · Chapter III · Timeline

  • Ōura CathedralThe discovery, 17 Mar 1865OpenStreetMap way/243003159
  • Urakami Cathedral (Takaya estate)Home of the exiles; headman's houseOpenStreetMap way/280652259
  • Hagi Kirishitan Martyrs Memorial Park66 leaders held, 1868GSI address search, block-level
  • Otome-tōge, TsuwanoIcy pond; 37 deadOpenStreetMap way/687734094
  • Fukuyama CastleLeaders held, 1868 (castle town)Wikidata Q1071869
  • Wakayama CastleKataoka Sada's exile (castle town)Wikidata Q1151269
  • Tsurushima, Okayama117 exiles, 18 gravesOpenStreetMap way/131165713, island outline, Bizen; matches Okayama tourism's "about 6 km SE of Hinase port"

Objects The Statue of Santa Maria at Ōura (Virgin of the Discovery)Ōura Church as First Built (1864‑1865)

IV

The Modern Church

1873 to 1945 · Chapter IV · Timeline

  • Urakami CathedralTakaya estate 1880; cathedral 1895 to 1925OpenStreetMap way/280652259
  • Ōura CathedralRebuilt 1879OpenStreetMap way/243003159
  • Kashiragashima ChurchTetsukawa's stone church, 1919Wikidata Q11664924
  • Shitsu Church, SotomeDe Rotz's villageWikidata Q11395699
  • Kuroshima ChurchMarmand's brick church, 1902OpenStreetMap way/418979072
  • Dozaki Church, FukuePelu's brick church, 1908OpenStreetMap way/734662407
  • Yasukuni ShrineSophia incident, 1932OpenStreetMap relation/21067209
  • Sophia UniversityStudents who would not bowOpenStreetMap way/179562477
  • Naze, Amami ŌshimaAnti-Catholic campaign, 1930sWikidata Q1206251

Objects The First Urakami Cathedral (1895‑1925)Light Through Many Hands: Stained Glass in Japan's Churches

V

After the Bomb

1945 to today · Chapter V · Timeline

  • Urakami CathedralDestroyed 1945; rebuilt 1959OpenStreetMap way/280652259
  • NyokodōNagai's hutOpenStreetMap node/5761929753
  • Hypocenter parkMoved wall section; 9 Aug procession; Pope Francis, 2019OpenStreetMap way/375933470, Hypocenter Monument
  • NishizakaPope Francis, 2019OpenStreetMap way/875993473
  • Nagasaki Prefectural Baseball StadiumBeatification 2008 (venue per CBCJ)OpenStreetMap relation/12582725
  • Karematsu ShrineOrashio, 2025OpenStreetMap way/794228080
  • Shima no Yakata, IkitsukiLast village groupsOpenStreetMap node/1423809624

Objects The Urakami Ruins, 1945‑1958The Bombed Mary of Urakami (Hibaku no Maria)Urakami Cathedral Rebuilt (1959, refaced 1980)

Place guides, by region

Nagasaki 8

Goto Islands 5

Hirado & Ikitsuki 4

Shimabara & Amakusa 3

Xavier's Japan & the north 6

Kyoto, Osaka & beyond 6

Beyond Japan 2

Place stories 13

The whole directory

By region

  • Nagasaki264
  • Kyushu197
  • Kanto180
  • Kansai178
  • Tohoku & Hokkaido139
  • Chubu125
  • Chugoku & Shikoku89
  • Okinawa18
  • Beyond Japan6

By type

  • Churches891
  • Kirishitan sites140
  • Kirishitan graves61
  • Martyrdom sites50
  • Museums30
  • Memorials11
  • Hidden Christian villages8
  • Maria Kannon5
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