Juan Goto Memorial Hall (Mizusawa)

History

Memorial to Christian samurai Juan Goto (c.1577–c.1638), lord of Fukuwara under Date Masamune, builder of the Juan-zeki canal.

Getting there

Car from Mizusawa. [Coordinates approximate]

Sources

• http://p-www.iwate-pu.ac.jp/~acro-ito/Japan_pics/Japan_MZS/Juan_Goto.html

From the library

• Morris, 'The Kirishitan Century in Tohoku' (Fukushima KOSEN bulletin 58, 2017) — Tohoku Christianity; snippet only read
• Archive: Juan Goto and Crypto-Christians (Eishiro Ito page summary) — Juan Goto, Fukuwara, Juan-zeki

Coordinates 39.13, 141.1 (approximate)