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Ontake Shrine

御嶽神社

Ontake Jinja

Ontake Shrine is dedicated to mountain worship, typically enshrining deities associated with Mount Ontake and mountain spirituality. These shrines often serve as places of prayer for safe mountain climbing and spiritual purification through connection with sacred peaks.

宗派
Mountain worship
宗教
shinto
祭神
Ōnamuchi-no-Mikoto, Susanoo-no-Mikoto, Ōyamatsumi-no-Mikoto
祀られている神
Ōnamuchi-no-Mikoto, Susanoo-no-Mikoto, Ōyamatsumi-no-Mikoto
座標
34.9894212, 136.9873629

参拝のヒント

Many Ontake shrines serve mountaineering communities, so visiting during climbing seasons may offer insight into the living tradition of mountain worship.

文化的背景

Ontake shrines are connected to the tradition of mountain worship (sangaku shinkō) in Japan, where mountains are revered as sacred spaces inhabited by kami. Mount Ontake in particular has been a center of religious practice combining Shinto and ascetic traditions.