Beautiful Church in Japan

From numerous churches across Japan, this book introduces 60 churches under the title “Beautiful Churches.”

Some of these buildings have been in use for over 100 years, and their continued existence in a beautiful state is not just because they are works of famous architects, but also because they are used daily for prayer and loved by the faithful.

Contents
Introduction
Church Basics

Nagasaki
Catholic Oura Church
Catholic Kuroshima Church
Catholic Aosagaura Church
Catholic Tabira Church
Catholic Kashiragashima Church
Former Catholic Gorin Church
Catholic Magome Church
Catholic Hirado Xavier Memorial Church
Catholic Kurosaki Church
Catholic Ono Church
Catholic Miuramachi Church
Catholic Himosashi Church
Former Catholic Nokubi Church
Fukuoka
Catholic Imamura Church
Japan Evangelical Lutheran Kurume Church
Tokyo
Catholic Sekiguchi Church (Tokyo Cathedral)
Japanese Orthodox Church Tokyo Resurrection Cathedral (Nikolai-do)
Catholic Meguro Church (St. Anselm’s Church)
Catholic Himonya Church (Salesian Church)
Tokyo Woman’s Christian University Chapel
Nippon Sei Ko Kai Rikkyo All Saints Chapel (Ikebukuro Chapel)
Nippon Sei Ko Kai Mejiro Seikokai
Catholic Kanda Church
Kanagawa
Japan Christian Church Yokohama Kaigan Church
Nippon Sei Ko Kai Yokohama Yamate Seikokai
Saitama
Nippon Sei Ko Kai Rikkyo St. Paul’s Chapel (Niiza Chapel)
United Church of Christ in Japan Musashi Toyooka Church
Tochigi
Nippon Sei Ko Kai Nikko Seiko Church
Catholic Matsugaoka Church
Gunma
United Church of Christ in Japan Annaka Church
Osaka
United Church of Christ in Japan Ibaraki Kasugaoka Church
Kyoto
Doshisha Chapel
Japanese Orthodox Church Kyoto Orthodox Church
Hyogo
Kobe College Searle Chapel
Catholic Shukugawa Church
Catholic Takatori Church
Nara
Nippon Sei Ko Kai Nara Christian Church
Okayama
United Church of Christ in Japan Kurashiki Church
Shimane
Catholic Tsuwano Church
Hiroshima
Catholic Noboricho Church (World Peace Memorial Cathedral)
Yamaguchi
Catholic Yamaguchi Church (Yamaguchi Xavier Memorial Church)
Nagano
Catholic Karuizawa Church (St. Paul’s Church)
Nippon Sei Ko Kai Karuizawa Shaw Memorial Chapel
Aichi
Former Nippon Sei Ko Kai Kyoto St. John’s Church
Japanese Orthodox Church Toyohashi Orthodox Church
Niigata
Catholic Niigata Church
Aomori
United Church of Christ in Japan Hirosaki Church
Catholic Hirosaki Church
Iwate
United Church of Christ in Japan Ichinoseki Church
Akita
Japanese Orthodox Church Hokuroku Orthodox Church
Yamagata
Catholic Tsuruoka Church
Catholic Yamagata Church
Fukushima
United Church of Christ in Japan Wakamatsu Sakaemachi Church
Japanese Orthodox Church Shirakawa Orthodox Church
Hokkaido
Japanese Orthodox Church Hakodate Orthodox Church
Catholic Motomachi Church
Nippon Sei Ko Kai Hakodate St. John’s Church
United Church of Christ in Japan Sapporo Church
Nippon Sei Ko Kai Sapporo St. Michael’s Church
Catholic Otaru Church Tomioka Seido
Church Map