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National Jan 2, 2020

Tolerant shrine-temple-church trio's rare red stamps draw collectors to UNESCO site

Goshuin stamps made by three different places of worship — a shrine, a temple and a church — at an obscure fishing community within a UNESCO World Heritage site in Kumamoto Prefecture is generating a buzz with tourists. With some 200 households, the Sakitsu district ...

National Jul 1, 2018

UNESCO adds Japanese sites linked to persecution of Christians to World Heritage list

UNESCO decided Saturday to add 12 sites in southwestern Japan that are linked to the history of the country's persecuted Christians to the World Heritage list. The sites include the Oura Cathedral in Nagasaki, the oldest surviving church in the country and which is already ...