The Museum of the 26 Martyrs in Nagasaki.

Some kind of crazy shrine or chapel.

Nagasaki port.

Giant silver statue of... Mary? Can't tell from this distance.

Mosaic wall outside the museum.

 

 

Artifacts inside the museum.

 

Statement made by John Paul II on a certain day in 1981.

Sword guards.

Fumie: suspected Christians were made to step on Christian images or arrested if they refused.

Sculpture of the crucifixion of St. Paul Miki.

 

Images of Mary disguised as Buddhist goddess Kwannon.

Gracia Hosokawa.

Catechism from 1593.

 

"God is love"

 

Stained glass window in a corridor.

Ancient hymnal.

Ancient map of Japan.

 

Relief map of Kyushu showing medieval church locations, I think.

 

The entrance to Nagasaki's Yasaka Shrine.

We didn't go in.

Approaching Sofukuji, a Ming Chinese-style temple.

 

 

 

 

"Another fine temple brought to you by Hitachi."

 

 

 

"Check out that cauldron. That sucker's huge."

About the cauldron.

 

 

 

Hi fish, how's it hangin'?

 

"Afternoon!"

"Hey."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We're waiting for the bus at Togo station in Munakata City, Fukuoka.

Yup, we are.

The entrance to Munakata Shrine.

Koi.

 

 

 

The signs leading up to this point suggested a "high palace." We were disappointed.

But, here's a cool view of the shrine to compensate for it.

 

Mountainside on the way to Chinkokuji.

 

 

A man with a furrowed brow is growing out of this wall.

Here we have reached Chinkokuji, a hilltop temple.

 

 

 

"Now where did I leave those keys?"

 

 

 

 

 

 

This buddha watches over mizuko, or children who were aborted or otherwise died before birth. Their statues are in the background.

 

 

Because my mom will want to see it, here's a picture of Lisa and me chilling at her house.