“Silence,” which clearly depicts the persecution of Christians in the early Edo period, is one of Shusaku ENDO’s masterpieces. Due to my aunt’s influence, I was baptized Catholic at the age of 12. Le Ciel ne parle pass-Written by Morgan Sportès-Citrullus lanatus

【製品名（商品名）】

面高すいか（羅皇）

【種類】

Citrullus lanatus

【生産地】

長崎県西海市西海町面高郷（西海出荷組合）

【名前の由来】

It is said that it was named after the pursuit of wanting the people of the world to enjoy the true taste of ripe watermelon by improving Kodai Watermelon’s varieties.

【主な特徴】

The Omodaka district in the northern part of Saikai City is an area known for making boiled radishes, a specialty of Nagasaki. It seems that radishes grown from seeds sown in early September every year are harvested from late November and transported to the workshops of each farmer. Rinse the soil, peel it, cut it into strips of about 2 cm, spread the boiled radish in a turret in the drying area, and expose it to the cold sea breeze to dry it. From the peak of January to the end of February, radishes are dried here and there in turrets, which seems to be familiar as a winter tradition in the Omodaka district. December-February in this area is the peak season for making boiled radishes, which are dried in the cold winter sea breeze. Boiled radish for 10 to 15 minutes seems to become a dry radish in a day when it is dried in the wind. Boiled and dried radish seems to be attracting attention because it contains more nutrients such as calcium, iron, and vitamin B than raw radish. The soil in the northern part of Saikai City is natural red soil made from basalt. It seems to be characterized by well-drained soil containing iron and lime. “Saikai City, Nagasaki Prefecture,” On April 1, 2005, the former Seihi, former Saikai, former Oshima, former Sakito, and former Oseto merged on an equal footing. City tree is wax myrtle（Morella rubra Lour.）. The city flower is Lilium speciosum Thunb. Other symbols Hibiscus hamabo Sieb. et Zucc. False kelpfish（Sebastiscus marmoratus (Cuvier, 1829)）, Japanese Nightingale（Horornis diphone (Kittlitz, 1830)）. Accessible from Nagasaki or Sasebo – “Nanatsugama Limestone Cave” (Saikai, Nagasaki) Nanatsugama Limestone Cave, located in Saikai city next to Nagasaki and Sasebo cities is the only limestone cave in Nagasaki prefecture. This is a bud mutation of Wase Okitsu found by Denichi IWASAKI of Saikai Town, Nishisonogi District, (today’s Saikai City) Nagasaki Prefecture in 1968. Located in the northwestern part of Saikai Town, the name was changed to “Omodaka Township” in 1957 after the establishment of Saikai Village. Mt. Ishiharadake fortification : From Saikai City Saikai Kita Elementary School on National Highway 202, enter 800 m north (toward the tip of the peninsula) by a guide sign. There is a remains that is Ishiharadake Forest Park. It is a campsite managed by the city, and the bastion structure at that time is completely existing and is a valuable remains. One of the Sasebo fortresses, completed in December 1899, in preparation for the invasion of enemy troops on the south side of the mouth of Sasebo Bay. “Bastion” is a land battle battery that protects the back of the coastal battery, but because it is vulnerable to the sky, it is obsolete with the development of aircraft, and “Ishiharadake Bastion” was abolished in June 1929. According to records, this bastion was laid down on October 21, 1897 and completed on December 31, 1899 for the defense of the Sasebo military port, and the total area is about 2 ha. It is said that the gun types installed at an altitude of 73 to 77 m were 6 Kurupuru type 10 cm cannons, 4 steel 9 cm mortars, and 7 gun seats. After this, on June 14, 1929, all were removed from the Army’s ledger. (From the history of Sasebo fortress construction) Yokose Township : “Ishiharadake Forest Park” is a park where flowering trees are planted and forests are maintained on the site of the former Ishiharadake Bastion (fortress), and it can also be used as a campsite. Saikai Library : A museum opened in 1991 that introduces nature, history, and people’s lives. In Saikai Town, Saikai City, there is the only limestone cave in the prefecture, Nanatsugama Limestone Cave (a nationally designated natural monument), and it is built over 70 km so as to surround the central mountains of the Nishisonogi Peninsula, which symbolizes the appearance of people facing the harsh nature. There is branch-twined hedge around a field to keep out wild boars and deer; 猪垣 (a tangible folk cultural property designated by the prefecture). Saikai Town is the birthplace of Julian Nakaura, one of the Tensho embassies of Europe. In addition to introducing the pride of the town through panels, the museum has an exhibition of relics excavated from the town and a corner that recreates the local lifestyle. Julian’s father is a vassal of Sumitada Omura, the owner of Nakaura Castle, Jingoro Kosaza. At that time, Kosaza was a mighty clan that dominated the ocean from the Nishisonogi Peninsula to Goto. However, in 1570, his father, Jingoro, died in the battle of Kutsu Pass, and his remaining mother and he moved to Omura. He seems to have entered Arima’s Seminarillo as a first-year student at the age of 12, like other envoy members. Two years later, he was selected as a deputy ambassador for a delegation dispatched to Rome and departed Nagasaki.（Mansho Ito, Migeru Chijiwa, Julian Nakaura, Martino Hara) who studied at Arima Seminarillo, created by Italian Father Valignano, went to Europe on behalf of Christian daimyos Sumitada Omura, Sorin Otomo, and Harunobu Arima. Dispatch. He was welcomed by an audience with the Pope and learned Western music and printing techniques. The four were welcomed in Rome and returned to Japan in 1590 with new knowledge of Europe, but Japan had already been banished from the Bateren. A forbidden document on Christian missions and Nanban trade issued by Hideyoshi in Hakozaki, Chikuzen on July 24, 1587. It was scraped during the era of ban, and difficulties awaited the lives of the four people after that. Mansho studied abroad in Macau with Julian and was appointed as a priest, but died of illness in 1612 while conducting missionary activities amid increasing crackdowns. Martino was banished to Macau and died in 1629, and Julian had been missionary in the country for 20 years, but was finally captured and martyred in Nagasaki in 1633. Miguel abandoned 10 years after returning to Japan, but it seems that details such as the reason and the state of his later years are unknown. Julian’s birthplace : 1968年4月23日 : 字御園, 管理 / 保護団体, 西海市 : According to the records of Father Valignano and the Jesuit list, Julian was the son of the lord of Omura Nakaura. After returning to Japan, Julian joined the Jesuits, graduated from Collegio in Macau, became a priest in Nagasaki, was active as a hidden missionary under persecution, and finally completed a martyrdom in Nishizaka in 1633. His designated area is called the mansion (館) and is now a field. There is a mountain castle ruin called Jonoyama on the side, the village in the southwest is called Kakiuchi, and the lowland adjacent to the southeast is called Misono. The place of arrival of the Nanban ship : 1941年1月17日 : 大字横瀬本郷字町ノ辻, 所有者, 個人 : In 1562, at the invitation of Sumitada Omura, a Portuguese ship arrived at Yokoseura, and Ilman Luis de Almeida built a church and signed a contract with Sumitada. This harbor was to be called “Nossa Senhora da Ajuda”. At the beginning of June of the following year, SUMITADA was baptized there. In the same year, a Portuguese ship arrived at the port and trade became more active, but it was completely destroyed by the attack of pure loyalty in November. Yokoseura’s short life left an indelible mark on the history of Christian culture in Omura and Nagasaki. It is said that there are places such as the ruins of the church where you visited and the ruins of the Sumitada mansion. Located in the northern part of Saikai Town, Saikai City, Nagasaki Prefecture, Omodaka Township is a well-drained land made of well-drained basalt, and is a rare field-cultivated watermelon producing area in Kyushu. Among the large WATERMELONS that Nanto Seed Co., Ltd. is proud of, the dignified quality No. 1 is “Koudai Watermelon”. The average sugar content is 13 degrees, the meat quality is a little hard, there are few fibers, and the texture is tightly packed with flesh. The size is 7-9 kg（The fruits are precocious, harvested from May to June, and have a large fruit system of 6 to 7 kg. Even when cultivated in low sunlight, there are few deformations and cavities.）. The fruit shape is a slightly vertically long high sphere with slightly thick stripes, and it is also excellent in fruit set. RAOH’s peculiarity : The grass is strong in both the first half and the second half, and it has a good hold even at high temperatures after the rainy season. There is little tsurubate and tsuruboke. Fruit set is stable even when cultivated with 2 or more fruits per plant, there is little variation in fruit enlargement, and the ball alignment is excellent, and the large ball rate and yield are high. High excellence rate with few hollow fruits, cracked fruits, and moist fruits (characterized by the fact that hollow fruits are extremely difficult to produce despite the good vine retention until harvest). The color of the pericarp is very dark and hard to shine, and the fruit is a regular sphere with a weight of 8 to 10 kg and is well enlarged. The flesh is deep pink and evenly colored. With a sugar content of 12 to 13 degrees and a fine meat quality, it has an extremely good crispness and excellent taste, and is mature in the middle and late stages. It is harvested in a tunnel from June to July, and the harvest is good 45 to 47 days after flowering. The softening (loosening) of the meat is slow, the harvesting period is wide even in the high temperature period, and the sugar content can be applied exactly to the skin. Nanto Seed Co., Ltd. was held in Nagano Prefecture on June 17, 2015, at the 65th All Japan Vegetable Variety Examination Committee of the Japan Seed Association, out of 22 varieties. “Raoh Watermelon” received the highest first-class special award, and among them, the highest-ranked “Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Award” was additionally awarded. Around the end of the 16th century, when the world was at its peak during the Age of Discovery, Japan just reached the end of the Warring States period. In 1563, Luis Frois was dispatched from the Jesuits of the Catholic Men’s Order and landed at Hizen Yokoseura (Yokose Township, Saikai City, Nagasaki Prefecture). Frois is from Lisbon, Portugal and was born in 1532. He seems to have joined the Jesuits at the age of 16. He seems to have been influenced by Francis Xavier, who has traveled to Goa, India, and has traveled to Japan. Later, he was promoted to a priest and succeeded in his career as a secretary to the Mayor of India. It is said that his exceptional language skills and literary talent were behind this. He tried to spread Christianity and seemed to enthusiastically preach the doctrine of Christianity to the general public, including Christian daimyos such as Sorin Otomo. In 1579, when Valignano, the Japanese patrol ambassador, came to Japan, he acted as an interpreter, and three years later, he began to mainly write the “Annual Report of Japan” as a priest with the Deputy Mayor of Japan. From 1583, he seems to have been ordered to write “History of Japan”, which summarizes the history of missionary work since Xavier’s arrival in Japan. There is no doubt that this became a book that attracted attention later. This “History of Japan” consists of three volumes (one volume remains in fragments), and seems to record the period from 1549 to 1594.