
Meitoku Temple
The first Zen temple to be built in Amakusa for the purpose of Christian prohibitions after the Amakusa Rebellion, at the order of the Edo Sanyo Shōgunikō. A small cross is carved on the stone steps, and the idea that you can't enter unless you step on it makes you feel the severity of pressure. The Hejin Jizo standing at the entrance of the stone steps is deeply carved and literally has a heteronjin face.