More on Aomori
After actually reading the Wikipedia article for Aomori Prefecture, I've come to the conclusion that people there are completely crazy and I'm kind of in love with it. Here's an excerpt from an article published in Metropolis:
. . . Some [people in the small town of Herai in Aomori] maintain this to be the place where Jesus [YES THE JESUS] settled, married and died at the ripe old age of 106. . . . according to the legend of Herai, or Shingo as it's now known, the 11 "missing years" of Christ's life not accounted for in the New Testament of the Bible were spent in Japan. . . . [He then returned to Judea to teach.] Jesus escaped [crucifixion], and instead his brother Isukiri was nailed to the cross and died. Christ, meanwhile, fled with his disciples and went into hiding, carrying locks of the Virgin Mary's hair and his brother's ear. After an arduous journey across Siberia, Christ finally returned to Japan and settled in Herai where he changed his name, married a Japanese woman called Miyuko, fathered three daughters and lived to the age of 106.
. . . Some [people in the small town of Herai in Aomori] maintain this to be the place where Jesus [YES THE JESUS] settled, married and died at the ripe old age of 106. . . . according to the legend of Herai, or Shingo as it's now known, the 11 "missing years" of Christ's life not accounted for in the New Testament of the Bible were spent in Japan. . . . [He then returned to Judea to teach.] Jesus escaped [crucifixion], and instead his brother Isukiri was nailed to the cross and died. Christ, meanwhile, fled with his disciples and went into hiding, carrying locks of the Virgin Mary's hair and his brother's ear. After an arduous journey across Siberia, Christ finally returned to Japan and settled in Herai where he changed his name, married a Japanese woman called Miyuko, fathered three daughters and lived to the age of 106.