Goto Islands

Click Goto Islands on the Japan map to discover its churches. Then select Fukue, Naru or Hisaka to explore each island’s story.

Church / memorialFormer church buildingHisaka featured island

Dots include churches, former church buildings and memorial sites. Zoom in to explore nearby locations.

Nagasaki Prefecture Goto Islands · click to explore

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Sources and what this map shows

Church locations: Goto City, Shinkamigoto and Nagasaki Prefecture official tourism directories.
The official Goto guide states 50 churches in the archipelago. This dataset includes distinct former/current buildings, including both Tainoura buildings, and the Former Nokubi Church. Map dots should not be read as a count of active parishes.
Population: Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan, 2025 statistics. Totals include clergy, religious and seminarians as reported by the source.
Diocese areas: CBCJ’s 15-diocese directory. Goto falls within Nagasaki; no separate Goto Catholic percentage is inferred from the diocese value.
Outlines: Global Map Japan, Geospatial Information Authority of Japan, via Data of Japan; simplified for display. Not a navigation chart.
Your photographed poster is used for translation/reference only; it is not the map background. Its statistics refer to 2009.