Contemplating…
Location
Highest of the Dewa three — alpine shrine mountain opened seasonally to pilgrims.
Represents death in the Dewa cosmology; climbed as the middle term of the rebirth circuit.
Pilgrimage circuits that include this place.
Interfaith
Three sacred mountains of Dewa — Haguro, Gassan, and Yudono — walked as birth, death, and rebirth in Shugendō practice.
East Asia
