In the 2,800 - person village of Shingō in Japan ’s Aomori prefecture , you could visit a tourist attracter that earns almost doodlysquat tucket despite its world - shatter theological ramifications . I am , of class , talking about the grave accent of Jesus Christ . What , you did n’t have it away that Jesus escaped crucifixion and emigrated to northern Japan to become a rice James Leonard Farmer ?
This ultra rescript of Jesus ’ life quetch off in 1935 , when Kyomaro Takenouchi of a sudden uncovered a series of millennia - old documents that detailed the Christian messiah ’s outflow from the Holy Land . Here ’s a synopsis of Jesus ’ Eastern jaunt , viaThe Japan Times :
Christ first visited Japan between the ages of 21 and 33 ( the Bible does in fact bound off over expectant periods of Christ ’s early sprightliness , and many theory subsist about what he did in the intervals ) . The document claims he consider the aboriginal language and culture before returning to Jerusalem , where he was crucify . Only it was n’t really him who was crucify . His vernal sidekick , Isukiri ( who score no appearance in the Bible ) , nobly took his place on the cross , pretending to be the Son of God , while the real Christ fled to Siberia .
A few twelvemonth afterwards , via Alaska , he arrived at the embrasure of Hachinohe , just 40 km from Shingō . He made his way to the village , where he marry , had three children , and lived to the old age of 106 .
accord to local lore , Christ did n’t commit any miracles while domicile in Shingō , but instead was just an extremely pleasant fellow to be around . Additionally , the Takenouchi documentsfurther elaborate human beings ’s extraterrestrial origins , the history of Atlantis , and how the Sawaguchi household of Shingō are actually the descendent of Christ .
Inmultipleinterviews , members of the Sawaguchi class have expressed how their messianic bloodline does n’t fluff them one smidgen . Also , they ’re Buddhists rather than Christians , accidentally .
Still , believers of the Japanese Christ point to local traditions — such as marking newborn ’ os frontale with black crosses and stitching Star of David - corresponding pattern onto babies ’ article of clothing — as grounds of Christ ’s pilgrimage to Shingō . Even the townsfolk ’s former name , Herai , is purported to have Hebraic roots .
In Shingō , you could also see Christ ’s bushed blood brother ’s ear and a curl of the Virgin Mary ’s pilus . Here ’s a verbal history of the spot . For another foreign history tourist destination , seethe Confederate dinosaur ground forces . Also , semi - related : kaiju Santa Claus .
https://gizmodo.com/the-alternate-history-theme-park-where-dinosaurs-fought-5084491
https://gizmodo.com/kaiju-santa-claus-christmas-cards-are-the-most-insane-t-5862614
[ Photos byScotteriology , Zetetique , andWinifred Bird ]
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