Suwa-Jinja Shrine was built during the persecution of Christians, and was intended for the Japanese to return to the bosom of one of the traditional religions - Shinto. Holidays and festivals conducted in the house, had to show the Europeans arriving in Nagasaki beauty of Japanese culture. Today Suva Shrine is a major Shinto temples and Shinto community center for the town. It is located in the northern part, on the hillside Tamadzono-san. To climb to the church, need to go up the stairs of 277 steps.

Construction of the temple began in 1614, when the governor Tokugawa Ieyasu issued a decree, which became the beginning of the persecution of Christians. Ieyasu considered the spread of European religion too fast and aggressive, he saw it as a threat to traditional religions, the integrity of the Japanese society and polity. At this time began to actively build Shinto shrines and the Japanese began to compel confession of Shinto and Buddhism.

Ten years later, in 1624-m, arrived in the city a religious figure Aoki Kensei that to attract residents to the new temple began to spend yutate-sai - a ritual in which the priest dipped his hands into boiling water and take them out without a single burn. But this "show" in the number of parishioners is practically not affected. Then, in 1634 local residents are required to register at the church and began to hold a big festival in the fall. With these two measures the authorities revealed the secret Christians not registered and do not attend the feast were arrested, tortured and executed.

Suva Suva Shrine dedicated to the deity-no-Kami, who is revered as a god of valor and duty, and its sanctuary located throughout Japan. Also in this temple of worship of two deities - Sumiyoshi, god of the sea, and Moridzaki. In honor of them spend the festival of Kunti, the most famous of all the holidays Suva Shrine. It is held annually on October 7-9 and is considered as a large and well-known festivals like the Gion Matsuri.

Currently, March 3 at the church also hosts puppet festival during which young Japanese woman wear kimono holidays and participate in the procession. To participate in the process, they pass the competition, and its follow-up of the two most beautiful chosen on the role of the emperor and his wife, who led the procession. It is believed that this event promotes Shinto shrine.

In Suva Shrine 9 August every year is held a memorial service in memory of the victims of the atomic bomb. The ritual combines elements of Shinto, Buddhist and Christian services during a pray for the more than 70 thousand people who died in the air strike in 1945. The temple survived the atomic bombing, his priests participated in the restoration of Nagasaki, sanctifying the land and purifying it from the rubble.