Onoterusaki Shrine

These are the traces of Kihōin Iriya Koshindō temple.

On the grounds of Onoterusaki shrine is something that, believe it or not, isn’t a rare sight at Shintō shrines, a small-scale Mt. Fuji. The Mt. Fuji here is known as the 下谷坂本の富士塚 (shitaya-sakamoto-no-fujizuka) and is built inside of yet another shrine: 浅間神社 (asama jinja). In the Edo period, using lava from Mt. Fuji (which was treated as a sacred mountain) as the base of a Shintō shrine was said to be good luck. In the Shitaya-sakamoto-no-Fujizuka too, lava from Mt. Fuji is used. Every year on June 30th and July 1st, this miniature Mt. Fuji is open to the public and you can climb to the top.