Saint Paul Miki/Footprints

Footprints for Saint Paul Miki are tour-depth life-trace places — walkable stops, shrines, and mission sites for pilgrimage maps. They are not a second copy of the five infobox significant locations, and not every church dedicated to this person. Full catalog: Footprints · trails: Tour Regional Trails · nearby: NearMe. This tour: 6 stop(s) stored in Cargo VisitAccess: Public = open to pilgrims · Limited = hours/appointment or exterior · Private / Unknown = do not treat as a tourist stop. Prefer a real source URL before marking Public. Editors: Add or edit stops with form · Form help · Template fields Please keep life-trace scope (Footprints / lab SCOPE). A later fact-pack re-publish may overwrite form edits unless the YAML pack is updated too.

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Footprints

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• Nishizaka / Twenty-Six Martyrs Monument (Nagasaki) – crucifixion site (Martyrdom) [Public] Shrine – Nishizaka-machi, Nagasaki, Japan, Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
  • Year: 1597
  • Diocese: Archdiocese of Nagasaki
  • Hill of Nishizaka where Paul Miki and twenty-five companions were crucified 5 Feb 1597. Public monument and museum — Japan’s primary Catholic martyrdom pilgrimage pin.
  • Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Miki; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-six_Martyrs_of_Japan

• Twenty-Six Martyrs Museum (Nagasaki) (Legacy) [Public] Other – 7-8 Nishizaka-machi, Nagasaki, Japan, Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
  • Year: 1962
  • Diocese: Archdiocese of Nagasaki
  • Museum adjacent to the monument documenting the martyrs, Hidden Christians, and Nagasaki Catholic history. Ticketed public museum — pair with the outdoor monument.
  • Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-Six_Martyrs_Museum

• Kyoto / Osaka corridor – preaching before arrest (Jesuit mission preaching) [Public] Outdoor – Kyoto–Osaka historic mission corridor, Japan, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
  • Year: 1596
  • Diocese: Diocese of Kyoto
  • Kansai landscape of Paul Miki’s Jesuit preaching before the convoy to Nagasaki. Public city context — not a single building pin.
  • Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Miki

• Osaka castle-town – arrest of the Twenty-Six Martyrs (Arrest & forced march) [Public] Outdoor – Osaka historic centre, Japan, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
  • Year: 1597
  • Diocese: Archdiocese of Osaka
  • Osaka landscape of the arrest and start of the overland convoy that ended in crucifixion at Nagasaki’s Nishizaka.
  • Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Miki; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-six_Martyrs_of_Japan

• Oura Church (Nagasaki) – Hidden Christians discovery (Legacy of the Japanese Church) [Public] Church – 5-3 Minamiyamates-machi, Nagasaki, Japan, Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
  • Year: 1865
  • Diocese: Archdiocese of Nagasaki
  • Oldest standing wooden church in Japan and site of the 1865 “discovery” of Hidden Christians — living fruit of the martyrdom era. Public UNESCO-related Catholic landmark.
  • Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%8Cura_Church

• Nagasaki Peace Park / Urakami – later Christian memory landscape (Legacy) [Public] Outdoor – Nagasaki Peace Park, Nagasaki, Japan, Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
  • Year: 1945
  • Diocese: Archdiocese of Nagasaki
  • Modern peace landscape of Urakami (once Japan’s largest Catholic parish) — later chapter of Nagasaki Christianity after the martyrs and atomic bombing. Public parks; pairs with JPII 1981 visit memory.
  • Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagasaki_Peace_Park