Gotou Island, winter of 2000--2001


Gotou Islands is located in the west area of Kyushu.
Douzaki Cathedral

This is the oldest church in Gotou Islands, which was built in 1879.
There lived many crypto-Christian in Gotou islands in the days when the Christianity was forbidden.
Douzaki Cathedral
wild strawberry
wild strawberry

I stayed at Gotou Miiraku Sunset Youth Hostel in the island.
In the stay at the youth hostel, a traveller picked this wild strawberry and wanted me to draw it.
Camellia

Gotou Islands are also well known for wild camellia (tsubaki) flowers.
camellia
Saga-No-Shima
Saga-No-Shima Island

Saga-No-Shima is a small island where about 300 people live.

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