Nasu Monastery

Nasu Monastery ( Japanese 那 須 ト ラ ピ ス ト 修道院 , Nasu Torapisuto [= Trappist] Shūdōin ) has been a Japanese monastery of the Trappist women in Nasu , diocese of Saitama , since 1954 .

history

Nasu Monastery was founded in 1954 by Nishinomiya Monastery (then Jurenji) and elevated to an abbey in 1956 .

Abbesses

• Gerarda Ueda (1954–1963)
• Charitas Konishi (1963-1966)
• Dominica Yamada (1966-1975)
• Agnes Akano (1975-2010)

Web links

• Website of the Nasu Monastery (Japanese)
• Monastery Nasu on the site of the Trappists (English)
• Overview of the Japanese Trappist and Trappist convents (French)
• Nasu Monastery in the family tree of the Trappist monasteries

Coordinates: 37 ° 5 ′ 39.5 ″  N , 140 ° 6 ′ 48.8 ″  E