Dozaki Church is the oldest church in the Goto Islands in offshore Fukue, Goto in Nagasaki Prefecture and was built by French missionaries. It now ser
Dozaki Church is the oldest church in the Goto Islands in offshore Fukue, Goto in Nagasaki Prefecture and was built by French missionaries. It now serves a museum displaying historical documents relating to Christians and the 300-year period of suppression of Christianity. In 1879, a temporary chapel was constructed here by Father Marmand of the Paris Foreign Mission Society which became the focus for missionary activities on the Goto Islands after the oppression of Christianity ended. The church was designed and built by Tetsukawa Yosuke. At the age of 20, he participated in the construction of Catholic churches across the Goto Islands at first as a gifted carpenter. He went on to study architecture and joined the Architectural Institute of Japan. Although a Buddhist he was sensitive to the sentiments of Catholics by designing and building beautiful churches across Kyushu.
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Location: Dozaki Church, Okuuracho, Goto, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
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