They occupied deserted Hara Castle, where they defended themselves against the shogunate army’s onslaught. The Shimabara Rebellion was the largest revolt ever staged on Japanese soil.

Most Christians went into hiding but 37,000 Catholics―men, women, children, elderly, invalids and other non-combatants―sought the safety of Hara Castle. Shimabara was at one time, the ...

The city’s publicity materials contain information not only on Shimabara Castle, Omisaki Station and other popular sightseeing spots but also on elementary and junior high schools available for ...

Ōzu Castle and Hirado Castle are firmly marketed to wealthy travelers, placing them out of the price range of the general populace. But Shimabara Castle, in Shimabara, Nagasaki Prefecture ...

I am in Shimabara, a relaxed and laidback castle town in the Nagasaki prefecture of Kyushu in Japan, known as the 'City of Springs' with more than 60 springs. The town sits on a peninsula in the ...

In 1853, the castle was visited by the infamous Commodore Matthew Perry. Shimabara Castle, Nagasaki Prefecture One of the classic examples of hirajiro (castles built on flat plains) castle ...

The Shimabara Rebellion swept across broad areas of what are now Nagasaki and Kumamoto prefectures in 1637-1638. Christians and farmers holed up in Hara Castle to confront troops sent by the ...