Egami Church, Catholic church in Egami Village, Goto, Japan

Egami Church is a house of worship with white-painted walls and blue-tinted window panes located in the southern part of Gotō island. The interior features a rib-vaulted ceiling decorated with hand-painted cherry blossom designs throughout its wooden surfaces.

Four Hidden Christian families from Nishisonogi settled on Naru Island to practise their faith in secret. After the ban was lifted, villagers built a simple wooden church in 1906; funding from kibinago fishing paid for the present building, completed in 1918 and designed by Yosuke Tetsukawa. It was designated an Important Cultural Property in 2008 and inscribed in 2018 as part of the Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region.

The church is dedicated to Saint Joseph. Its interior columns were coated with red iron oxide (bengara) as a base against rot and insects, then painted with wood-grain patterns. The windows carry hand-painted cherry blossom designs, and the white and pastel blue exterior dates from a 2001 repainting.

The church stands in a valley at the foot of wooded slopes, so heavy rain sends water flowing around the building; it was raised on stilts to cope with this. It is a巡回 church of Naru Church, normally looked after by an appointed caretaker, and visits to the interior must be arranged in advance. By bus, get off at the Egami stop on the Naru Island Ogushi line; from Naru Port it is about 18 minutes by taxi.

Egami Church stands on a raised-floor structure: because it sits at the mouth of a valley, rainwater flows around the building during heavy rain. Inside, the pillars were coated with red iron oxide (bengara) as a base against rot and insects, then wood grain was painted over it. The stained glass is also hand-painted rather than coloured glass.