Amakusa islands at Yatsushiro Sea, in Japan. The largest island (left) is Shimoshima.View of Amakusa islands (with Yushima, Kami-Amakusa in foreground).Ōe Catholic Church
Amakusa (天草), which means "Heaven's Grass," is a series of islands off the west coast of Kyushu, the southernmost of the four main islands of Japan.