By KEI YOSHIDA/ Staff Writer
March 22, 2025 at 08:00 JST
Manga artist Kan Takahama in November 2022 in Amakusa, Kumamoto Prefecture (Minako Yoshimoto)
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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