By KEI YOSHIDA/ Staff Writer
March 22, 2025 at 08:00 JST
The Sakitsu community, which is part of the Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki region, a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage location. This photo was taken on Nov. 18, 2024, in Amakusa, Kumamoto Prefecture. (Masaru Komiyaji)
AMAKUSA, Kumamoto Prefecture—The unlikely friendship of a Japanese cartoonist and an Italian Catholic archbishop has put a spotlight on Amakusa’s “hidden Christian” sites, leading 25 Italians to make a pilgrimage here this fall. [Read More]
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