Kakure Amida Budda Cave

Historic site symbolizing the intensity of haibutsu kishaku in the early Meiji period

Original Text

In the Kagoshima area, Buddhist temples were severely destroyed in the early Meiji period, and most temples were lit with Buddhist statues and Buddhist scriptures, and the statue of Nio was thrown away from the cliff. This was called "Haibutsu kishaku" and was supported by the public, so it was abandoned and interrupted except for Senoji Temple in Noda-cho, Izumi City. Of course, faith and faith were strictly prohibited, so people who could not forgive were secretly raising Nembutsu in rocky areas with few people.