Yudonosan Shrine
山形県
The final destination of the Dewa Sanzan pilgrimage, symbolizing the future, where a hot-spring boulder serves as the deity itself under the vow of sacred silence also honored by Basho.
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593
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About 90 min by bus from JR Tsuruoka Station (seasonal)
Rokujuri-yama, Tamugimata, Tsuruoka, Yamagata
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Overview
Yudonosan Shrine, famed for its injunction Do not speak, do not listen, has no shrine building. Its object of worship is a hot-spring rock that pilgrims must approach barefoot after purification. As the symbol of the future, it is the final pilgrimage point of the Dewa Sanzan tradition.
Origins
The founding of Yudonosan Shrine is traditionally dated to 593 CE, the first year of Empress Suiko's reign. From ancient times the mountain was venerated as a sacred site representing the future within the Dewa Sanzan triad. From the Heian period onward, Yudonosan developed as a center of Shugendo a…
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Victory in contests, sports, and critical challenges. Rooted in warrior-deity shrines such as Hachiman and Suwa.
Derived from the enshrined deity "大山祇神・大己貴命・少彦名命"
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