Day trips outside Tokyo | Hiking Mount Ōyama

Day trip outside Tokyo Hiking Mount Oyama in Kanagawa Tanzawa-Ōyama Quasi-National Park

A truly great mountain for beginners.

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Mount Ōyama has long been regarded as a holy mountain and object of worship. Religiously motivated mountain climbing has been practiced since the Hōreki era (1751–1764) and the various paths leading there were called Ōyama Kaidō (大山街道 Ōyama Kaidō). Today this name survives as the pseudonym of Route 246.

At the top of the mountain is the head office of the Ōyama-Afuri Shrine (大山阿夫利神社 Ō-yama-afuri Jinja). Lower down the mountain is the lower shrine and the Ōyama-dera (大山寺). Afuri refers to the high amount of rain and clouds associated with the mountain. Farmers pray at Ōyama-Afuri Shrine to the rain god.
大山東京近郊のハイキング【日本語字幕】