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Lovely view at sundown from the ruins of Hara Castle, where Christian forces led by a teenage messiah made their last stand in the Shimabara Rebellion. The shogunate finished them off in 1638, with cannon support by the Dutch 1/2 youtu.be/BY1O6lBI-pc
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Some pics from the ruins, which is now mostly grasslands and farms. Even the stones had been destroyed by shogunate forces. 40,000 were killed. Here is Unzen from the castle, a monument, statue of Amakusa Shirō, and an informative sign. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amakusa_Shir%C5%8D 2/2