Sankyozawa Daisho Fudoson
宮城県
A Shugendo sacred cliff-site from the Kamakura era on the Hirose River, where Japan's oldest hydroelectric plant stands beside the sacred waterfall
Sankyozawa Daisho Fudoson clings to a cliff along the Hirose River in western Sendai, a Shugendo sacred site. It stands near Japan's oldest hydroelectric plant, blending a sacred waterfall shrine with industrial heritage.
Sankyozawa Daisho Fudoson is said to have been founded around 1200, during the Kamakura period, as a Shugendo sacred site. Situated on a cliff along the Hirose River where a waterfall cascades down, it is traditionally held to have served as a training ground for mountain ascetics. Throughout the me…
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