Shimabara Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
city in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
About Shimabara
Shimabara is a castle town on a peninsula in the far south-east corner of Nagasaki Prefecture, on the flanks of Mt. Unzen, an active volcano dominating the region. After nearly 200 years of dormancy, Mt Unzen last erupted in 1991, killing 43 and devastating the southern district of town with the resultant pyroclastic flows. The city is also the site of theShimabara Rebellionin which Christians and locals who were unsatisfied with grossly high taxes and oppression of Christianity fought to regain control of the territory. They were unsuccessful, and with the help of the Dutch, the Japanese stopped the rebellion and beheaded approximately 37,000 Christians and peasants. It also led to the ousting of the Portuguese who they no longer trusted, making the Dutch the only Europeans the Japanese w
Top Attractions in Shimabara
Explore the best things to see and do in Shimabara:
- ★Arima Christian Heritage Museum
- ★Hara Castle Ruins
- ★Mizunashi-honjin Fukae
- ★Mt Unzen Disaster Memorial Hall
- ★Shimabara Castle
- ★Shimabara Hibaruyama Flower Park
- ★Shimada Samurai Residence
- ★Shimei-so
Shimabara Travel Guide Sections
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