Hakusan-jinja Shrine

Don't miss this shrine on your visit to Chuson-ji.

I visited this shrine in early December 2023 on a guided tour of Motsu-ji and Chuson-ji temples. The shrine is located on the top plateau of Chuson-ji, adjacent to the Konjiki-do (Golden Temple). It ...

The Noh stage is kunishigefumi

Original Text

Enshrined in the innermost part of Chusonji Temple. In 850, Jikaku Daishi Ennin solicited Hakusan Hime Shrine to guard the northern part of Chusonji Temple. The deities are Izanagi and Izanami. The hall of worship and main hall are wooden copper plate-roofed. In front of Haiden, there is a Noh stage rebuilt by Yoshikuni date, the 13th Lord of Sendai domain in 1853 (national important cultural property).

Mao の round

Original Text

Go further through the main golden hall of Chusonji Temple and you will find Hakusan Shrine. There is a shrine beside a Japanese temple and you can see the style that coexists here as well. There is a Kaya ring. There is an explanation of how to pass through, so I followed it. I hope it will be a removal of evil. If you go further, there is a Noh theater, which you can't miss.

Shouting the White Mountain Shrine in Zhongzun Temple

Original Text

　In the back of Chusonji Temple, a World Heritage Site, there are many temples, including the Golden Hall. When heading north from the Golden Hall, Kyozo, and the old Kado, the approach was written as "Chusonji Chinju Hakusan Shrine", and behind it was the main shrine and the Noh stage with a thatched roof. This Hakusan Shrine is a guardian shrine of Chusonji Temple, which is said to have been solicited by Jikaku Daishi, who founded Chusonji Temple in 850 AD, and is separated from Chusonji Temple by the Meiji Restrict Ordinance for the separation of Buddhism and Shintoism. In front of the main hall, there is a kaya no ring ...

A shrine with a Noh stage

Original Text

It is a shrine located ahead of Chusonji Golden Hall. For some reason, the name of the shrine is not written on the minimap you can get at Chusonji Temple. (Shrine symbol only) When I went, there was a Kaya ring in the main shrine. Because there is a Noh stage that is better than the main shrine, the impression of the main shrine tends to be thinner, but it is a magnificent shrine.