NOT KNOWN FACTUAL STATEMENTS ABOUT OITA-FUDOUSAN

The stronghold of Otomo Sorin, the 1st samurai to subjugate A lot of Kyushu and who also became a convert to Christianity under the impact of the Jesuit missionary Francis Xavier, was in Funai, now Oita Metropolis. His ruling, warrior class, which dominated Japan for hundreds of years right up until 1868, left castles all through the prefecture. Ri