Value Village / Yamagata / Shrines & Temples

Dewa Sanzan Jinja(出羽三山神社)

でわさんざんじんじゃ Dewa Sanzan Jinja

Dewa Sanzan Jinja(出羽三山神社)

Photo: ChiefHira / CC BY-SA 3.0 / Source

Haguro is the present, Gassan the past and death, Yudono the future and rebirth. To walk the three in order has long been called a journey of rebirth: the meaning is in the sequence itself. The stone stairway through the cedars runs to 2,446 steps.

TypeShrine
City / townTsuruoka
Said to bringRenewal / Mountain worship / Long life
Area in the prefectureShonai

More in Yamagata

Before you go

Sources

More on this prefecture

Written by Value Village from public sources. Nothing here is reproduced from another site.