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The site of the Hara Castle, a constituent asset of the World Cultural Heritage and a setting for Christian repression, and the site of the Hinoe Castle, which was a center of Christian prosperity at the residence of the Christian daimyō Arima Harunobu. Through these two, we are interpreting and introducing the history of Kirishitan and Christian culture in Minamishima. The theme of Exhibition Room 1 is the introduction and prosperity of Christianity centered on Hinoe Castle. It displays gold-leaf tiles from Hinoe Castle and a model of a letterpress printing machine, and introduces the Jesuits, as well as the Tensei Tensei and the site of Hinoe Castle. In Exhibition Room 2, the theme of the Shimabara-Amakusa-Ran (Shimabara no Ran) and the hidden Christian, exhibits such as crosses and shells from the site of the original castle. It is interesting to see the replica of the site of the original castle excavation site, as well as scene models from the Uprising and the end of the Shimabara-Amakusa Issei.

Kuchinotsu, which flourished as a window for Western culture since the entry of Nanban ship in Eiroku 10 (1567), was also bustling as a coaling port during the Meiji period. A museum that understands the history of such a town. You can tour the goods of the recreated Meiji era merchants and farmers, as well as the world's items brought back by sailors. The Yōkan-style building was a restoration of the Nagasaki Customs House Kuchinotsu Branch, which was built in 1899 (Meiji 32), and is designated as a cultural property of Nagasaki Prefecture. Take one hour. It is a facility for learning and researchers.

Because it was the only natural port in the Ariake Sea, it is a facility dedicated to tourists to introduce the state of the port, which has had three great prosperity in history.

The Ono-Kiba Observation Station (nicknamed: Ono-Kiba-Sabo Mirai-kan) was a facility built for the purpose of ensuring the safety of construction workers during the implementation of sabo works. At regular times, panels and images are displayed to make effective use of the evacuation space, and to introduce the unsen/Fukendake eruption disaster, and unmanned construction techniques cultivated in unsen. From the third floor, you can see the conditions of the pyroclastic flow deposits and the sand control facilities to prevent debris flow disasters up close. Next to the facility is the former Ono-Kiba Elementary School school building, which was burned down by the hot air brought by the Great Pyroclastic Flow, which tells the story of the horror of the volcanic disaster.

A park where you can see the highest peak of Yunsen, Heisei Shinzan, up close. The large pyroclastic flow of Mount Fukendake, which occurred in June 1991, flowed down along the Mizunashi River at great speed, and the surrounding area was severely damaged. Fukae Sakura Park is a park made of levees maintained by using sediment from debris flows deposited in the Minazuchi River. The park is about 1.6km long, extending along the right bank of the Mizunashi River. Children's play equipment has been installed in the park, and about 200 cherry trees, including Yoshino cherry trees and yamazakura, are also planted. On the west side of the park, near Route 57, there is also a supporting column of the "Pyroclastic Current Longest Reaching Point" standing, making it a good-looking park for a walk.

The 11 houses that were affected by the Fukendake disaster in 1990 were displayed and preserved as they were. It is located in the roadside station Mizunashi Honkan Fukae, along National Route 251, and is equipped with the Volcano Learning Hall, a dining hall, etc., which displays photographs and images of volcanic activity left by the volcanologists and the couple.

The memorial park was created in the birthplace of the sculptor, Seiboshi Kitamura, who has written the statue of peace prayer in Heiwa Park, Nagasaki City. In a garden of about 5000 square meters, 10 items such as "The Devil in the Light", which made the name of Nishibo known to the world, are exhibited outdoors. Seibo Memorial Hall, whose birthplace has been restored on the premises (Price: 200 yen for adults, 150 yen for high school students, 100 yen for elementary and junior high school students, free for children under elementary school students, 150 yen for 20 groups or more, time: 9 to 17 o'clock, recess: Thursday, New Year holidays, telephone: 0957-85-2922, 15 minutes), but the works and materials are published.

A historic site park located on a hilly area with the spread of Shimabara Bay ahead, overlooking the island of Yujima () involved in the Shimabara-Amakusa riot. A cross was built in the park, and there is the "Sakuraba Tomb Group", where 21 Christian tombs are collected. There are many Christian tombs on the Shimabara Peninsula, but more than 100 tombs have been identified, especially in the city of Minami-Shimabara. The "Sakuraba Tombstones" are a collection of tombstones scattered around the road edge, stone walls, and fields in Arike-cho. The two units of the prefecture-designated historical sites are "flat-covered stone type with an analogy" and "flat-covered stone type with a flower cross" box-shaped tombstones. The "analog" is the Christian name used for men, which is read as "Lewis". During the Tensho years (1573-1592), the area was served by the Second Districts of Christian Propagation, which had been practiced for about 70 years. Before that, it was a place where Buddhism flourished, and it is also a historically interesting place with a mixture of Buddhist and Christian sites.

A two-story school building that was stricken along with about 150 nearby private houses and other buildings in the Great Pyroclastic Flow of Mount Yunsen on September 15, 1991, and is preserved as a Pyroclastic Flow. The school building, which was set ablaze after a direct hit of hot air caused by the occurrence of one of the largest pyroclastic flows, retains its state at the time, and its appearance alone is overwhelmed by its awesomeness. If you enter the school building, you can tour desks and chairs scattered in the scorched classroom, and you can instantly feel the horror of the pyroclastic flow that burned the entire school. The ginkgo in the schoolyard was also burned, but the next year it was brought back to bud. The tour will be made in conjunction with the neighboring Onokiba Sabo Mirai Hall.

A Christian tombstone in a corner of the common cemetery in Sugawa, Nishi-Arike. With a total length of 1.2m, a width of 56cm and a height of 39cm, it is a stone (sandstone) tombstone of a well-balanced and beautiful shape called a semi-circular plastar (Kamaboko type). It is inscribed with ornate patterns of large flower crosses and small cuneishreds. The inscription is inscribed with "FIRI SACYE MO XONE GOX IRAI 1610 IVG 16 QEICHO 15" in Portuguese-style spelling Roman script, and is read as the burial's name "Phiri Sakubei Diogo" and his death "16 October 1610 (Gyeongsang 15)". It is the oldest inscription in Japan as an inscription in Roman script, and the oldest in Japan as both the year of the Christian era and the year of the early era are concurrent. This tombstone was discovered in the ground of the present Higashi Common Cemetery in 1929, and became a national designated historic site in 1959.