Nagoya Trip Overview
This is the first ever Hidden Christian Tour in Nagoya area by a private car!
Are you tired of seeing temples? How about temple with Christian Japanese culture? Christianity was banned between 1612 and 1873 for over 200 years and more than 200,000 people were executed during the time.
Before the prosecution, more than 60 Daimyos became Christians, out of about two hundreds of daimyo territories in Japan.
Learn more about Japanese history about Christianity and Samurai.
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Duration: 8 hours
Starts: Nagoya, Japan
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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This is the first ever Hidden Christian Tour in Nagoya area by a private car!
Are you tired of seeing temples? How about temple with Christian Japanese culture? Christianity was banned between 1612 and 1873 for over 200 years and more than 200,000 people were executed during the time.
Before the prosecution, more than 60 Daimyos became Christians, out of about two hundreds of daimyo territories in Japan.
Learn more about Japanese history about Christianity and Samurai.
Stop At: Hosho-in (Osu Kannon), 2-21-47, Osu, Naka, Nagoya 460-0011 Aichi Prefecture
We visit briefly one of the major Buddhist temples in Nagoya before visiting a Hidden Christian temple for better understanding of the history behind.
Ōsu Kannon (大須観音) is a Buddhist temple of the Shingon sect located in Ōsu, in central Nagoya, Japan. It belongs to the Owari Thirty-three Kannon.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Eikokuji Temple, 1-21-38 Tachibana, Naka, Nagoya 460-0016 Aichi Prefecture
The Hidden Christian Museum. About 2,000 Christian was executed at the site.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Inuyama Jokamachi, Inuyama, Inuyama 484-0081 Aichi Prefecture
You will have free time to stroll the Inuyama Shitamachi and have very delicious Japanese food for lunch at Inuyama Castle Town Showa Alley. Lunch is not included. If you’d like you can visit the Inuyama Castle(The admission is not included). The Castle Ruler, Naruse Masanari was favor for Christians back then.
If the Joan Tea House is open, we will visit there(As of Oct 2020, it’s closed.). This was built by the Christian Daimyo, Joan.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Inuyama, Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture, Tokai, Chubu
We visit Manganji to see the monument built in 1712 where half of the village of Goromaru(near Inuyama) were executed.
Duration: 1 hour
