Shimabara

Shimabara, port city, Nagasaki ken (prefecture), Kyushu, Japan, on the eastern coast of the Shimabara Peninsula, some 40 miles (65 km) east of Nagasaki. The city, which was a castle town of the Matsudaira family, contains the ruins of the Moridake Castle. The city is noted as the site of the Shimabara Rebellion, a peasant uprising that culminated in the slaughter of some 37,000 individuals. Shimabara is situated near Mount Unzen (4,462 feet [1,360 m]),...