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jesus in Japan
According to orthodox Christian tradition, Jesus of Nazareth died at the age of 33, executed by the Roman governor at the insistence of Jewish authorities, rising from the dead after three days before finally being taken bodily to Heaven. Most of what was written about Him deals with the three years of His ministry; very little is known about His childhood and early adulthood. Nonetheless, rumors and folklore from around the world have claimed for centuries that Jesus traveled to various parts of Europe and Asia, learning from scholars and philosophers before returning to Judea to launch His brief ministry. The Mormons believe that Jesus even visited North America!
The most incredible claim of all (and that's saying something) comes from the small town of Shingo (formerly Herai) in Japan, which maintains that Jesus not only escaped crucifixion, but actually traveled across Asia, finally settling in Herai, where He fathered several children, invented the Japanese phonetic alphabet (katakana), and died at the ripe old age of 106. You can even visit His grave today!