Hisaka Island villages

History

Island where Hidden Christian migrants settled; site of the 1868 'Goto persecution'. Old Gorin Church relocated here. UNESCO component.

Getting there

Ferry from Fukue.

Sources

• https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1495/

From the library

• Downes, 'Kakure Kirishitan' (on Christal Whelan's film Otaiya) — Hidden Christians of the Goto Islands

Coordinates 32.804, 128.8 (approximate)