Egami Church
| Egami Church | |
|---|---|
江上天主堂 | |
The church's exterior in July 2015 | |
| 32°51′19″N 128°54′15″E / 32.855255667662654°N 128.90407736448208°E | |
| Location | Gotō, Nagasaki |
| Country | Japan |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Website | kyoukaigun |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) | Yosuke Tetsuksawa |
| Completed | 1918 |
| Administration | |
| Archdiocese | Archdiocese of Nagasaki |
| Part of | Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region |
| Criteria | Cultural: iii |
| Reference | 1495-011 |
| Inscription | 2018 (42nd Session) |
Egami Church (江上天主堂, Egami Tenshudō) is a Catholic church in Gotō, Nagasaki, Japan.
The church was first constructed in 1918 after the ban on Christianity was lifted. It is often considered one of the finest wooden churches in Japan. It was inscribed as a World Heritage Site in 2018 along with Egami Village as part of the "Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region".