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Shimabara can refer to any of the following: Shimabara, Nagasaki, a city in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan Shimabara Peninsula, the geographic feature that hosts Shimabara, Nagasaki Shimabara Castle, in Shimabara, Nagasaki Shimabara Rebellion (also known as the Battle or Siege of Shimabara), a 1637 uprising of residents of the Nagasaki area against the Shōgun's anti-Christian policies Shimabara, Kyoto, an entertainment quarter in Kyoto, Japan