Iizuna Shrine, enshrined in Iizuna, Nagano City, with Iizuna Daigongen as its principal deity. As a sacred site of shugendo mountain asceticism, it has long drawn many practitioners and pilgrims. Situated at the foot of Mt. Iizuna (1,917 m), it has played a central role in Shinano's mountain religion as an ancient shrine deeply tied to alpine worship. Known as a sacred mountain on the Shinano-Echi…

Iizuna Shrine, with Mt. Iizuna (1,917 m) as its sacred object, has played a central role in alpine worship in Shinano as a shugendo sacred site since antiquity. Iizuna Gongen is also known as a guardian deity of mountain ascetics and ninja practitioners, and faith in the deity spread alongside the d…