Trappistine Monastery
北海道
Trappistine Monastery in eastern Hakodate…
Founded
1898
Type
Temple
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40 min by bus from Hakodate Station
346 Kamiyunokawacho, Hakodate
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Temple
Founded 1898
128 years
Buddhist Sect
Catholic
Overview
Trappistine Monastery in eastern Hakodate, founded in 1898 by eight French nuns, is Japan's first Trappistine convent. The nuns live a strict self-sufficient life. Only the front garden is public, featuring a beautiful brick building and Virgin Mary statue. Monastery-made cookies and candies are popular souvenirs.
Origins
In 1898, eight French nuns dispatched from the Abbey of Bricquebec in Normandy, France, arrived in Japan and established the Trappistine Monastery in Kamiyukawa-cho, Hakodate, becoming the first Trappistine (Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance, female) convent in Japan. Following the rigorous …
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