Worshipfrom afar Lake Kawaguchiko has many “holy” places including famous scenic spots at the lakeside. Among them, there is a surprisingly sacred site which gives you a complete change of atmosphere from the bustle of the lakeside. At the approach to the shrine there was a line of giant cedars. In this holy precinct, stands Kawaguchi Asama-jinja Shrine which relates how Fujisan Worship started after the passage of 1,200 years. Asama means volcanoes. Asama-no-Okami, the God of Asama, is supposed to be the God of Fujisan which is often replaced with Konohana-Sakuya-Hime today. From around the end of the Nara Period (710-794), Fujisan broke its silence and restarted volcanic activities. Regarding the eruptions as the God’ anger against people’ negligence to pray the God of Fujisan, they rethought Asama-no-Okami and built Sengen-jinja Shrines to ease the rage around the base. This Asama belief is the true beginning of Fujisan worship which continues till today. On May, 864 Fujisan burst into historically famous violent eruptions which kept on emitting fire through the year and next. In 865 the Imperial court ordered to erect shrines to pray for the God of Asama in Kai Province (present-day Yamanashi pref.) as well as in Suruga Province (present-day Shizuoka pref.). Thus, it is handed down that this shrine was constructed in the very place situated facing Fujisan with the lake in front so as to escape great lava flows. Fujisan is indeed God of the Water as well as God of the Fire. With seven giant cedars watching over the holy place and Haha no Shirataki waterfall gushing and setting up clouds of spray at its back in the mountain, the whole shrine precinct, which was the center of Fujisan Worship in the Northern area, is still veiled in sacred atmosphere fit to worship.The beginning of Worship of Fujisan / the Lake Kawaguchiko AreaSeven cedars watching over the sacred place10構成資産■e over 1,000- year-old Japanese cedars tell the origin of Fujisan Worship2 Kawaguchi Asama-jinja Shrine
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