Trappistine Convent
Hakodate, Japan · built 1898
Our Lady of the Angels Trappistine Abbey (Tenshi No Seibo Torasupichinu Shūdōin) is a women's abbey of Trappists located in the outskirts of Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan. This is the first women contemplative order of Japan, colloquially known as "The Anjel (Tenshien). Founded by a group of eight nuns sent from France in 1898, After that, the building was rebuilt twice due to fires, one in 1925 and the other in 1941. Rofū Miki visited this place and wrote a lyric called 'Nobara' lit. 'Wild rose', a song composed by Kōsaku Yamada, and 'Nobara' became familiar with a Japanese song.
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