Ominezanji Temple on the mountain

As a training ground for Shugendo, an ancient Japanese mountain faith, it is a place of faith and training with a history of over 1,300 years since En no Gyoja, the founder of Shugendo, opened the mountain. As you climb the mountain, you will pass several rest areas and come to the Shugendo training grounds of Kanekakeiwa, Nishi no Nozoki, and Uragyoba, and at the top of the mountain, Ominesan Temple welcomes Shugendo practitioners. The theme of training on Mt. Omine is simulated death and rebirth, and at Nishi no Nozoki, you entrust your life to someone else and are hung from a rock, which represents the washing away of your sins in this life and the rebirth to live the rest of your life. #Dorogawa Onsen #Mt. Omine