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Fujisan Hongu Sengen Taisha(富士山本宮浅間大社)

ふじさんほんぐうせんげんたいしゃ Fujisan Hongu Sengen Taisha

Fujisan Hongu Sengen Taisha(富士山本宮浅間大社)

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The head shrine of all Sengen shrines in Japan. Everything above the eighth station of Mount Fuji is held to be the grounds of this shrine. The idea that the mountain itself is the deity reaches as far as the form of land ownership.

TypeShrine
City / townFujinomiya
Said to bringMountain worship / Safe childbirth / Warding off misfortune
Area in the prefectureEastern area

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