Three Sacred Mountains
The 27th January issue of Jinja Shinpō reported on a meeting between the chief priests of three important jinja: Shirayama Himë Jinja in Ishikawa Prefecture, Oyama Jinja in Toyama Prefecture, and Fujisan Hongū Sengen Taisha in Shizuoka Prefecture. Each of these jinja is central to the veneration of a particular mountain: Mt Shirayama in Ishikawa, Mt Tateyama in Toyama, and Mt Fuji in Shizuoka. The reason for this meeting was that, from 2023, the three prefectural governments have been cooperating to attract tourists on the basis that they are the… Read More »Three Sacred Mountains