Ogasari Church-Amami-Oshima

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What is Ogasari Church?

Ogasari Church refers to the Catholic Ogasari Church in the Kasari parish. Amami Oshima Island has a thriving Catholic missionary community, which is concentrated in the area up to Naze.

Among them, this church near Amami AirportThe case is set as the first pilgrimage site for those who make the Catholic pilgrimageThe church is a place where the story of the church episode would not be complete without the bells of Angelus. The story of the church episode is still not complete without the Angelus bells.

During the period when Japan as a whole was moving toward militarism, many Amami churches were burned to the ground due to the anti-Catholic movement, and this Ogasawari Church was no exception.

The bell escaped the fire and went to Miyazaki, where it was used as a symbolic bell for the reconstruction of Urawa, and returned to this site only 30 years ago.

Not as a pilgrimage.Visit as a tourist when you stop by Cape Yo Cape or Cape Ayamaru.is also recommended.

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