Ontake Shrine is a Shinto shrine dedicated to the sacred mountain deity Ontake-no-Kami. As part of the Ontake faith tradition, this shrine serves as a spiritual center for mountain worship and purification practices that have deep roots in Japanese folk religion and Shugendo mountain asceticism.
- Denomination
- Ontake
- Religion
- shinto
- Enshrined kami
- Ontake-no-Kami
- Kami enshrined
- Ontake-no-Kami
- Coordinates
- 35.3114385, 139.3100728
Visitor tip
Many Ontake shrines offer purification ceremonies and may have special observances during mountain climbing seasons.
Cultural notes
The Ontake faith combines Shinto mountain worship with elements of Buddhism and folk religion. Ontake shrines often serve communities of devotees who practice spiritual disciplines including purification rituals, meditation, and pilgrimage to sacred mountains.