Ono Church, a world heritage site in Sotome, Nagasaki

In the afternoon of January 18, we went to Ono Church⛪, a Roman catholic church built on a hill in the former Sotome town, now merged with Nagasaki city. This church is a unique construction method built in 1893 by Father Marc Marie de Rotz, a French missionary. It is made by crushing stones nearby and kneading red clay and lime instead of cement. At that time, there were 26 households in this area and they believed in Christianity. However, now that the number of believers is reduced to nine, thus there is no difficulties faced by them.

The weather forecast says it will be rain in the afternoon. It was a clear sky in the morning but rain started to fall. Suddenly it began to rain☔ heavily.

We came here at 2 o'clock. There is stairs in front of parking. From here, we took a walk up to the church.

When we went up the stairs, we finally met the small church made of stones.

The statue of Virgin Mary. She loves you very much.