-Nagasaki- A City with Two Types of World Heritage Sites
“Heritage Sites of the Industrial Revolution in Meiji Japan”
(Inscribed on the World Heritage List in July 2015)
“Heritage Sites Related to Hidden Christians in the Nagasaki and
Amakusa Regions”
(Inscribed on the World Heritage List in July 2018)
“Heritage Sites of the Industrial Revolution in Meiji Japan”
(Inscribed on the World Heritage List in July 2015)
This offers a glimpse into the process by which Japan—having previously closed its doors to the West under its isolationist policy—actively fused Western technology with traditional Japanese techniques during the late Edo and Meiji periods, achieving modern industrialization in just 50 years and joining the ranks of modern nations.
“Heritage Sites Related to Hidden Christians in the Nagasaki and Amakusa Regions”
(Inscribed on the World Heritage List in July 2018)
Christian culture took root long before the establishment of “Dejima,” which served as the sole port of entry for foreign trade during an era when such trade was restricted.
Here, you can learn about the history of the “hidden Christians” and the hardships they endured during the approximately 250 years of religious persecution that followed the ban on Christianity in the 1640s.