Route
Three sacred mountains of Dewa — Haguro, Gassan, and Yudono — walked as birth, death, and rebirth in Shugendō practice.
Northern Japan’s classic mountain-entry pilgrimage. Mount Haguro is open year-round; Gassan and Yudono are seasonal. Yamabushi ascetics and lay pilgrims still climb the cedar stairs and alpine trails as a condensed life-cycle rite.
3 mapped anchors on the circuit.
1Mount HaguroJapanMost accessible of the Three Mountains of Dewa — cedar stair pilgrimage of Shugendō practice.Mount Haguro → Mount Gassan· ~17 km / 11 mi
2Mount GassanJapanHighest of the Dewa three — alpine shrine mountain opened seasonally to pilgrims.Mount Gassan → Mount Yudono· ~4 km / 2 mi
3Mount YudonoJapanMost sacred and restricted of the Dewa mountains — hot-spring rock shrine of rebirth.
