Manmyoji Temple

Manmyoji Temple, which stands on a small hill in the Unzen hot spring town, is written in the Dazai Kannaishi (established in the early modern period) as follows: ``Here is the deity of Shimabara Sou, the guardian deity, and it is called Shimengu Shrine...There are no members of the shrine here. As the word ``Yamabushi'' appears in the temple, there were many yamabushi, or ascetic ascetics. It is said that in the first year of Taiho (701), the monk Gyoki opened Mt. Onsen in this area. At its peak, it is said to have had 300 temples in Seto Ishiwara and 700 temples in Bessho, indicating that it was a fairly large temple. Although it was destroyed by fire many times during the Hakujaku Rebellion in 1571 and the Shimabara Rebellion in 1637, it still continues to watch over the Unzen hot spring town.