Kirisuto no Haka
Kirisuto no Haka (Japanese: キリストの墓) (lit. 'Tomb of Christ') is a tomb claimed to be that of Jesus in Shingō, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. Kiyomaro Takeuchi claimed that he discovered the tomb in 1935 while he was surveying the village of Herai (current village of Shingō). The Takeuchi documents, which are believed to be a hoax, claim that Jesus underwent training in Japan for 12 years before spreading Christianity. The manuscript also claims that instead of Jesus, his brother Isukiri died on the cross and Jesus escaped to Herai through Siberia, residing there until his death at the age of 106.
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