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4 unusual facts about Toyohiko Kagawa


Christian radicalism

Examples of nonviolent radicalism include Martin Luther King, Jr., Toyohiko Kagawa, Leo Tolstoy, Gerrard Winstanley, William Blake and Gustavo Gutiérrez, whilst examples of violent radicalism include the Münster Rebellion, Thomas Müntzer and Camilo Torres Restrepo.

Japanese Consumers' Co-operative Union

In 1951, Toyohiko Kagawa founded the Japanese Consumers’ Cooperative Union, or JCCU, which was established to represent and serve all the consumers’ cooperative societies of Japan.

Toyohiko Kagawa

While in prison he wrote the novels Crossing the Deathline and Shooting at the Sun.

Wing Haven Gardens and Bird Sanctuary

The garden also contains an English sundial from 1705, various terra cotta pieces, a plaque with a poem by Japanese pacifist and reformer Toyohiko Kagawa, and a statue of Saint Fiacre, patron saint of gardeners.



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