Father de Rotz Memorial Hall (Important Cultural Property of Japan)
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Father de Rotz Memorial Hall (Important Cultural Property of Japan)
ド・ロ神父記念館(国指定重要文化財)
Overview
The sardine fishing-net workshop, designed by Father de Rotz (1840–1914), has been renovated into a Memorial Hall, exhibiting materials related to de Rotz.
Father Marc Marie de Rotz arrived in Nagasaki's Sotome coast in 1879 and spent the next 35 years building schools, a medical dispensary, a pasta factory, and this fishing-net workshop for the impoverished Catholic fishing communities hidden here since the prohibition era. The building is now a designated Important Cultural Property. Inside, exhibits trace his extraordinary life and work through letters, tools, and photographs. The surrounding Sotome coastline remains one of the most atmospheric and least visited stretches of Nagasaki prefecture.
Practical info
- Japanese name
- ド・ロ神父記念館(国指定重要文化財)
- Nearest station
- Nagasaki Station (30 min bus)
- Payment
- Cards accepted
- Reservations
- Walk-in fine for most visits. Check hours online as smaller museums may close on certain weekdays or holidays.
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