Ono Church｜Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region

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Notice for visiting the churches

As the churches are the places for prayer, please observe visiting manners and feel the solemn atmosphere quietly.
In some cases we cannot accept visitation to the churches due to religious events (Mass, funerals, etc.) or a too large number of visitors. To avoid such situation, we ask you to make a prior notice for your visit.
In addition, the inside of Ono Church is not open to the public basically because of the deterioration, so the visit is the outside only.
Tabira Church is an important property to be related to the sites for UNESCO World Heritage status, and a lot of people visit the church.
For this reason, we ask to make a prior notice for your visit Tabira church in the same way as the sites.

Ono Church

Reddish stone walls serve as a mark of the location

The Koteda family fled their home island of Ikitsuki and found refuge in the valley of Ono in 1599. Since it was too far from Shitsu, they set up their own church on a hillside overlooking the Sea of Sumo-nada. De Rotz designed the church with distinctive stone walls called dorokabe (readable in Japanese as either de Rotz walls or mud walls). The dorokabe was made in a unique way by mixing sand and lime and then stirring and hardening the mixture with watery clay including fine pieces of smashed basalt rock.

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