Egami Village (Naru Island)

History

Settlement of Hidden Christians; wooden Egami Church built 1918 by Tetsukawa Yosuke. UNESCO component.

Getting there

Ferry/water taxi via Fukue or Naru.

⚠ Wikipedia gives both 1918 and 1919 for the present building; unresolved.

Sources

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

From the library

• Downes, 'Kakure Kirishitan' (on Christal Whelan's film Otaiya) — Hidden Christians of the Goto Islands
• The Triumph of Perseverance: Kakure Kirishitan — full text read; mentioned on PDF pp. 3, 12

Coordinates 32.834, 128.97 (approximate)