Shingo - A signpost on a snowy village street points the way. After a long journey, the "Tomb of Jesus" is close by. However, this is not the Middle East, but Shingo, a village in Aomori, northern ...

On the flat top of a steep hill in a distant corner of northern Japan lies the tomb of an itinerant shepherd who, two millennia ago, settled down there to grow garlic. He fell in love with a farmer’s ...

In the 2,800-person village of Shingō in Japan’s Aomori prefecture, you can visit a tourist attraction that earns almost doodlysquat fanfare despite its world-shattering theological ramifications. I ...

People connected with the village of Shingo's sightseeing association are seen offering flowers in a memorial service at "Christ's tomb" in Shingo, Aomori Prefecture, on June 1, 2022.

Jesus didn’t die on the cross. His twin-brother filled in for him to trick the authorities, and Jesus traveled to a remote village in Japan, fathered a few children, and lived to a fulfilling life ...

Editor’s Note: Joel Baden is professor of Hebrew Bible at Yale University. Candida Moss is professor of New Testament and early Christianity at the University of Notre Dame. Did you hear the most ...

The supposed tomb of Christ in Shingō, northern Japan. ROBERT GILHOOLY/ALAMY STOCK PHOTO It's a surprising sign, to say the least, that appears on National Route 454 as you pass through Shingō, a ...

A mountain hamlet in northern Japan claims Jesus Christ was buried there Franz Lidz On the flat top of a steep hill in a distant corner of northern Japan lies the tomb of an itinerant shepherd who, ...