Togakushi Shrine, enshrining Ame-no-Tajikarao no Mikoto, is a sacred complex of five shrines — Okusha, Nakasha, Hokosha, Hinomikosha, and Kuzuryusha — spread across the slopes and summit of Mt. Togakushi in Nagano City. It originates from the myth of the Celestial Rock Cave and was counted among Japan's three great sacred mountains alongside Mt. Hiei and Mt. Koya in the medieval period. The roughl…

The exact founding date of Togakushi Shrine remains unknown, but according to shrine tradition, it is said to trace its origins to the myth in which Tajikarao-no-mikoto hurled open the heavenly rock cave and the stone fell upon what is now Mount Togakushi. The site gradually developed as a center of…