Kashiragashima Church
Kashiragashima Church is a Catholic church in Shin-Kamigotō, Nagasaki, Japan. The church was first constructed in 1887 as a wooden church but it was renovated and moved to its current location in 1918.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Church
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description: church in Nagasaki, Japan
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kamigotō Airport and Yasaka Shrine.
Kamigotō Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Nissiii, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kamigotō Airport is a public aerodrome located on Kashiragashima Island, a smaller bridge-linked island just off the far east coast of Nakadorijima in the Gotō Islands, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan.
Yasaka Shrine
Shinto shrine
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Yasaka Shrine is a Shinto shrine, which is situated 1½ km southwest of Kashiragashima Church.
Kashiragashima Church
- Categories: Catholic church building, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Nagasaki, Kyushu, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.01243° or 33° 0′ 45″ northLongitude
129.18284° or 129° 10′ 58″ eastOpen location code
8Q5F256M+X4OpenStreetMap ID
way 696076518OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholicWikidata ID
Q11664924
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Polish—“Kashiragashima Church” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “頭島天主堂”
- Indonesian: “Gereja Santo Yosef, Kashiragashima”
- Japanese: “頭ヶ島天主堂”
- Japanese: “頭ヶ島教会”
- Polish: “Kościół Kashiragashima”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Rokuroshima Island and 中小島.
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