Sights in Shonai, Yamagata

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• Gassan Shrine

  

  Shonai, Yamagata · 090-8921-9151

  Mt. Gassan forms the Dewa Sanzan with Mt. Haguro and Mt. Yudono and is a sacred site of Shugendo mountain worship. Gassan Shrine on the summit, dedicated to the moon deity Tsukuyomi, was the only Tohoku shrine of the highest pre-war imperial rank.