Egami Church

Egami Church
江上天主堂
The church's exterior in July 2015
Egami Church
Location of the church
Egami Church
Egami Church (Nagasaki Prefecture)
32°51′19″N 128°54′15″E / 32.855255667662654°N 128.90407736448208°E / 32.855255667662654; 128.90407736448208
LocationGotō, Nagasaki
CountryJapan
DenominationRoman Catholic
Websitekyoukaigun.jp/en/visit/egami.php
Architecture
Architect(s)Yosuke Tetsuksawa
Completed1918
Administration
ArchdioceseArchdiocese of Nagasaki
Part ofHidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region
CriteriaCultural: iii
Reference1495-011
Inscription2018 (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".