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Chokaisan Omonoimi Shrine(鳥海山大物忌神社)

ちょうかいさんおおものいみじんじゃ Chokaisan Omonoimi Jinja

Chokaisan Omonoimi Shrine(鳥海山大物忌神社)

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Its inner shrine stands on the summit of Mount Chokai, and which prefecture the peak belongs to, Akita or Yamagata, was disputed for a very long time. A place of worship takes shape by a logic of its own, not by administrative lines.

TypeShrine
Said to bringMountain worship / Agriculture / Safe voyages
Area in the prefectureYuri

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