Ontake Shrine is a Shinto shrine in Kanagawa Prefecture dedicated to the worship of mountain deities associated with Mount Ontake. The shrine serves as a spiritual center for practitioners of Ontake-kyō, a mountain worship tradition that emphasizes spiritual purification through connection with sacred peaks.
- Denomination
- Ontake
- Religion
- shinto
- Enshrined kami
- Ōnamuchi-no-Mikoto
- Kami enshrined
- Ōnamuchi-no-Mikoto, Sukunahikona-no-Mikoto
- Coordinates
- 35.4907934, 139.3209734
Visitor tip
Visitors often come here for spiritual purification rituals and mountain worship practices traditional to the Ontake faith.
Cultural notes
Ontake worship combines Shinto beliefs with mountain asceticism and emphasizes spiritual training through connection with natural mountain forces. The tradition includes practices such as cold water purification and spiritual discipline.
Historical note
Ontake Shrine belongs to the Ontake-kyō tradition of mountain worship that developed around the sacred Mount Ontake in central Japan. While the main Ontake worship centers are located near the mountain itself, branch shrines like this one in Kanagawa were established to serve local communities of believers who practiced the mountain worship tradition.