According to the story, Jesus was replaced at the crucifixion by his brother, who died so that Jesus could live. Jesus then fled to Japan, a place he knew well having studied there in his 20s. His journey involved travelling through Siberia to Alaska, where he boarded a boat that took him all the way to Japan. To integrate himself with the people of Shingo he assumed a Japanese name, Torai Taro Daitenku, and began farming garlic. He then married a woman named Miyuko, with whom he had three daughters. Jesus’ grave in Shingo was protected for many generations by the Sawaguchi family, who had
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