Father Cimatti's work, education and publishing in Japan

　　　　　
　　 　Miyazaki Church in 1926

Nakatsu Church in 1928

・ In February 1926, Father Cimatti and his party set foot on Japanese soil 　　for the first time, departing from Moji Port.
　 The following February, in 1927, Father Cimatti inherited the three 　　churches of Miyazaki, Oita, and Nakatsu from the Paris Mission, and
　　 became the parish priest of Miyazaki Church.

・In 1928, Miyazaki Prefecture and Oita Prefecture were recognized as independent missionary districts, and in 1935 they became pastoral districts.
　Father Cimatti served as the parish priest, and under his guidance new churches were established one after another in Tano, Takanabe, Miyakonojo, Beppu, Nobeoka and other places, and the number of believers increased year by year.

　　　　　　　　
　　 　 Tano Church in 1929

　　　　　　　　
　　 　 The Beginning of
　　　　　 Beppu Church in 1931

　　　　　
At Mikawashima Church with Bishop Chambon of Tokyo in 1933

　　 1937 Mikawashima Church
　　　 Opening Ceremony

・In 1933, the church moved to Tokyo and took over the Mikawashima Church, and in 1935 established a novitiate and seminary in Nerima, Tokyo.

・In 1937, the Salesian Province of Japan was established, with Father Cimatti as its first Provincial Superior.

Salesian Church in Himonya, completed in May 1954

　　　　　
　　　June 1956 Shimoigusa Church
　　　　 inauguration ceremony

A small chapel dedicated to St. Dominic Savio in 1959. Later known as Chofu Church.

Six Salesian Sisters arrive
　　in Nakatsu

　　1935: The relief center
　　　 completed 　　

　　　　　
　　　Miyazaki Relief Center 　　　Children's Section
　　 　　

The first professor of Caritas in Miyazaki

・In 1946, Nakatsu Don Bosco School was established to help war orphans. It is currently run by the St. Joseph's Children's Home.

・In 1946, Father Tassinari opened the church in the barracks of the former Narimasu Army Airfield in Takamatsu-cho, Nerima-ku, Tokyo.
　The following year, it moved to its current location in Kodaira, Tokyo.
　Current Social Welfare Corporation Tokyo Salesio Gakuen.

Inauguration ceremony of Nakatsu Sannocho Church and Don Bosco School

　1946 Children of Nakatsu
　 Don Bosco School

　　　　　
Father Tassinari starts new project in Narimasu

　Tokyo Salesian School after 　relocation to Kodaira
　　　　　

・In 1928, the church launched its newsletter, "Don Bosco," which later became "Mustard" and 　then "Catholic Life."

・Don Bosco Publishing was founded in Oita in 1930. In 1935, the headquarters of the publishing 　business moved to Nerima Ward, Tokyo.
　In 1959, it moved to its current location in Yotsuya, Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo.

・In 1930, Don Bosco published its first major publication, "The Holy Gospel of My Lord Jesus 　Christ."
　In the same year, "Don Bosco's Educational Method" and "Combined Gospel" were published.

・A minor seminary was started in Nakatsu in 1930. In 1933, believing that it was urgent to train Japanese priests, a minor seminary was 　established in Miyazaki (Hyuga Gakuin after the war).
・The seminary that was established in Oyodo in 1930 was moved to Takanabe in the same year. Later, in 1935, a novitiate and seminary 　were established in Nerima, Tokyo.
・In 1951, the seminary was built in Chofu, Tokyo, and relocated from Nerima Ward, where it remains to this day.

1930: At Nakatsu Church, with minor seminarians, faithful and Salesians

　　　　1933: Miyazaki Minor Seminary completed
　　

　　　　　
Opening Ceremony of Miyazaki Minor Seminary
　　 Hyuga Academy after the war

　Study room in Takanabe, 1931
　　　

The first Japanese novice at the seminary in Nerima, Tokyo
　　

　　　　　
　Inauguration Ceremony of Chofu 　Salesian Seminary
　　　　　 　　

　　　　　
　Chofu Salesian Seminary
　To this day, this place
　　 　　

・In 1931, Miyazaki Myojo Kindergarten was established. In the same year, a printing school (vocational training school)
　 was established in Oita.
・A small seminary was founded in Miyazaki in 1935, and after the war it became Hyuga Gakuin, which continues to this day.
・In 1935, Tokyo Ikuei School of Crafts opened in Nerima, Tokyo. Today, it is the Salesian Polytechnic College.
・In 1950, Father Marjaria (one of the nine who came to Japan with Father Cimatti) founded Osaka Seiko Gakuinin Osaka.