Visiting the Grave of Jesus Christ in Northern Japan
According to popular belief, Jesus Christ was crucified and buried in Jerusalem in the early to mid First Century A.D. But in actuality ( cough! bullcrap! ) Jesus escaped and made His made through Siberia to Aomori in northern Japan where He lived out His days to the ripe old age of 106 with wife and kids and was later buried in the village of Shingo. One summer while I was visiting Aomori's festivals in August, I decided to stop in to see this auspicious grave for myself. On a small hill sit two mounds from which two wooden crosses (obviously later additions) stand. These are the graves of Jesus and His brother or at least His brother's ears (it's a long story). Jesus's grave in the foreground and the grave of His brother's ears in the background Supposedly the story goes that Jesus was not crucified at all but that it was His brother known as Isukuri in Japanese who took the fall. Jesus took His brother's ears with Him and He left Israel far behind cr...