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      1. Walked across a 1km bridge connecting the airport to the mainland to see this statue of Mancio Ito, Miguel Chijiwa, Juliao Nakaura and Martinao Hara. In 1582 these boys (Mancini was 12 at the time) travelled to the Vatican to meet the Pope! It was Japan’s first embassy to Europe
        oh my god twitter doesn’t include alt text from images in their API
    1. …in reply to @chadkoh
      This is what they used to look like. Of course, once they got back to Japan and the shogun outlawed Christianity, these boys all suffered a pretty brutal fate: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tensh%C5%8D_embassy
      oh my god twitter doesn’t include alt text from images in their API
  1. …in reply to @chadkoh
    This is what they look like now😜 Older and more idol-y. Check the trailer of the new dramatization on Amazon Prime here: youtu.be/xBOyfzzQ0wM
    oh my god twitter doesn’t include alt text from images in their API