Fuji Sengen Shrine in Subashiri, Oyama-cho, functions as the lower shrine of the Subashiri Trail at the 5th station on Mt. Fuji, and is an important center of Fuji faith where climbers pray for safe passage. The precinct is lined with great cedars and zelkova trees hundreds of years old, forming a sacred forest imbued with the spiritual energy of Mt. Fuji. An inner shrine sits at the summit of the…
There is a tradition that it was founded in 807 by Sakanoue no Tamuramaro. In the medieval period it received the devotion of eastern warrior clans, and as Fuji-ko confraternities flourished in the Edo period, it bustled with pilgrims as the eastern gateway for Fuji ascents. It is included among the…
Safe Childbirth & Fertility
Safe delivery, conception, child protection. Traditions tied to Empress Jingu, Konohanasakuya-hime, Suitengu, and Kishimojin.
Derived from the enshrined deity "木花之佐久夜毘売命"
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