Shiokari Pass is a story of severe sacrifice and offering. Through the characters of Nobuo, Kiku, and Yoshikawa, the theme of sacrifice plays a vital role and is shown throughout the entire book. Considering Christianity is the main theme of the book, and sacrifice is a major part of Christianity, sacrifice is a significant part of the story and it can relate the characters of the book to Jesus Christ, who made the ultimate sacrifice.

The main character of the book, Nobuo, displays many examples of sacrifice, and they get increasingly more dramatic and selfless towards the end of the story, coincidentally as he starts to question the religion of Christianity and embrace the religion as his own. Nobuo's first major sacrifice is when he gave up on going to a University. After his father died, and his family had no means of income, he took a...