Chōkaisan Ōmonoimi Shrine

Chokaisan Omonoimi Shrine (鳥海山大物忌神社) is a Shinto shrine located on Mount Chōkai.[1][2]

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Torii of the shrine

Basic information
Affiliation Shinto
Architectural description
Specifications

In the middle ages it became a sacred spot for shugendo, a religion of mountain worship.[2]

People worship a lake called Maruikesama at the shrine. It is a Kannabi and worshippers believe a god lives in it.[3]

It is the Dewa Province Ichinomiya, or the first ranked shrine in the Dewa Province. It is related to the Three Mountains of Dewa [4]

It has a festival every year on July 14 called Hi-awase shinji. where people light fires for good harvest and good fishing.[5]

It has three subshrines. Fukura-kuchinomiya and Warabioka-kuchinomiya at the foot of the mountain and Sancho-Gohonsha at the peak[6]

It had a legal battle after World War II because people were confused about who owned the summit[7]

Fukura-kuchinomiya

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Fukura-kuchinomiya

Basic information
Affiliation Shinto
Architectural description
Specifications

Fukura-kuchinomiya is a subshrine located at the foot of the mountain[6]

The Honden is located on a hill and faces south[8]

Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto is enshrined here











Sanchō-Gohonsha

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Sanchō-Gohonsha

Basic information
Affiliation Shinto
Architectural description
Specifications

This Shrine is on the peak of Mount Chokai.[6] It was built in 564 in the reign of Emperor Kinmei.[6] It looks like an ordinary cabin on the outside[9] The shrine is rebuilt once every 20 years, it was rebuilt in 1997.[2]











Warabioka-kuchinomiya

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Warabioka-kuchinomiya

Basic information
Affiliation Shinto
Architectural description
Specifications

Warabioka-kuchinomiya is a subshrine located at the foot of the mountain.[6] The shrine worships agricultural deities Toyoke-Ookami and Ukanomitama no Mikoto.[8]

The shrine has four Hokora or small shrines on its grounds.[8]

There is a festival on May 3rd called Daimonbei Matsuri.[2]

There are three torii gates and the movie Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends was filmed there[10]


 
birds eye view of the shrine. Note the torii on the left

Related pages

References

  1. "Oomonoimi Jinja, Yamagata". archive.ph. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "chokaizan omonoimi shrine(warabioka kuchi no miya) - shrine-heritager". shrineheritager.com. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
  3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-05-02. Retrieved 2023-05-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. https://d-museum.kokugakuin.ac.jp/eos/detail/id=8579
  5. https://archive.ph/wip/vFYys
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 "Chokaizan Omono-Imi Jinja - Must-See, Access, Hours & Price". GOOD LUCK TRIP. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
  7. "Reminiscences of Religion in Postwar Japan: Economic Changes after the War (Continued)". Contemporary Religions in Japan. 7 (1): 51–79. 1966. ISSN 0010-7557.
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 https://archive.ph/lmEI1
  9. https://archive.ph/NeCVF
  10. "Warabioka Kuchinomiya Shrine". Guidoor. Retrieved 2023-04-25.