A vacation destination that Edo people yearn for! We will introduce everything about “Oyama Pilgrimage”!

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Daisen, the symbol of Isehara City, has been worshiped as a mountain of faith since ancient times. During the Edo period, it gained popularity as a place where you could easily go on vacation and worship. It came to be called ``Oyama Pilgrimage''.

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Isehara City “Time slip back to the Edo period Japan Heritage Site Daisen Pilgrimage Experience”

During the Edo period, 200,000 people visited each year to visit Oyama, and it was considered a place of faith and recreation for the common people of Edo. When you tour through history while interacting with the rich nature that remains in the suburbs of the capital, and when you see the scenery spreading out below you from the mountaintop, you can experience the feelings and satisfaction of our ancestors who longed for Mt. Daisen.

For the common people of Edo, who found it difficult to travel beyond Hakone, Mt. Oyama　was a nearby and easily accessible place of worship, so "Mt. Oyama Pilgrimage" became very popular. The scene has become the subject of ukiyo-e, kabuki, and rakugo. When the population of Edo was one million, as many as 200,000 worshipers visited each year. It was a commoner's visit to the shrine, with many stylish Edo people carrying huge votive wooden swords from Edo, purifying themselves at the waterfall, and then heading to the top of the mountain. It is said that one of them carried a wooden sword about 7 meters long.

Access to Oyama Afuri Shrine (Shimosha)

Take the Kanagawa Chuo Kotsu bus bound for Oyama Cable from bus stop No. 4 at the north exit of Isehara Station on the Odakyu Odawara Line (approx. 30 minutes)

Get off at the final stop, Oyama Cable Bus Stop. Komasando walk (about 15 minutes)

Take the cable car "Oyama Cable Station" and get off at "Afuri Shrine Station"

3 Recommended Places to Visit Oyama

Oyama Afuri Shrine

3 minutes walk from Oyama Cable Car Afuri Shrine Station

355 Oyama, Isehara City, Kanagawa Prefecture (Reception hours 9:00-17:00)

A shrine located halfway up Mt. Oyama　at an altitude of 700m. It is said that it was founded over 2,200 years ago. It boasts one of the best histories and traditions in the Kanto region.

In ancient times, it was also known as ``Rainfall Mountain,'' and was the object of prayers for rain and a good harvest. In addition to the shrine that enshrines the god of praying for rain, the precincts are dotted with power spots such as Tenmangu Shrine, which is a branch of Sugawara no Michizane, and a shrine dedicated to the deity of Mt. Fuji.

Spectacular view from the temple grounds

From the precincts of Afuri Shrine, you can see Enoshima and Sagami Bay, and you can also see the Miura Peninsula and Boso Peninsula in the distance.

Oyama　Temple

3 minutes walk from Oyama　Cable Car Oyama Station

724 Oyama, Isehara City, Kanagawa Prefecture

It is an ancient temple that is said to have been founded in 755 by the priest Ryoben, who founded Todaiji, and where Kobo Daishi became the third chief priest. The principal image, the iron-built statue of Fudo Myoo and the two elephants, are designated as important cultural properties of the country.

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