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Ancient shrine where medieval Shugendo practitioners brought Hakusan worship to the pine-lined Kashima coast
Approx. 35 min by bus from JR Kashima Jingu Station on the Kashima Line
Yatabe, Kamisu, Ibaraki
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Hakusan Shrine in Yatabe, Kamisu is a shrine conveying Hakusan worship from Kaga Province, enshrining Shirayamahime-no-Okami. Hakusan worship is mountain worship deeply linked with Shugendo, offering blessings of bountiful harvests and healing from illness. The spread of Hakusan worship to the Kashima-nada coast is thought to be due to the activities of medieval Shugen practitioners. The grounds a…
Kamisu Hakusan Shrine is traditionally said to have been founded around the Shoan era (1299–1302). It is believed to enshrine Shirayamahime-no-Okami, the principal deity of Mount Hakusan in Kaga Province (present-day Ishikawa Prefecture), with the faith having spread to the Kashima-nada coast throug…
Finding a partner, romantic success, marital harmony. Famed at Izumo Taisha, Jishu-jinja, and Kawagoe Hikawa.
Derived from the enshrined deity "白山比咩大神"
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