I confess right away that, as I read this information, at first I thought it was a joke. But there really is such a story, so I am sharing it with you. The fact is that in the small Japanese village of Shingo there is a tomb of Jesus Christ, where pilgrims flock every year.
Of course, their flow is not as great as to the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem. But few people know about this story. Everyone knows the traditional biography of Jesus of Nazareth, which has been sacred to Christians for two millennia. However, historians are constantly looking at alternative versions and looking for factual confirmation of this story. Perhaps the Japanese version is not that far from the truth?
The village of Shingo is located in Aomori Prefecture, which has a population of only 3 thousand people. One of the main shrines of this place is the tomb with two wooden crosses. According to local legend, Jesus Christ and his brother Isukiri rest here. It is believed that it was Isukiri who sacrificed himself for his brother and was crucified on the cross.
According to an ancient legend, this is where Jesus spent 30 lost years, which are not counted in the New Testament. Local farmer Sajiro Sawaguchi previously owned the land on which the shrine is now located. He says that he found there an ancient text written in Hebrew by Jesus himself. However, this text was confiscated from him by the government. Savaguchi noted that according to the text, Jesus arrived here at the age of 21 to study the customs and traditions of the country. He returned to the Roman Empire with his named brother Isukiri, who took his place on the cross.
Jesus returned to Japan via Siberia and no longer led the preaching life. He became a rice farmer and changed his name to Daitenki Taro Jurai. He was even married to a woman named Miyuko and had three daughters. Jesus lived 106 years and was buried in the village of Shingo.
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