Ominesanji Temple

According to records, this temple, a fundamental center for the Shugendo syncretic faith, was founded when the mystic En no Gyoja saw a vision of the deity Zao Gongen after engaging in a period of asceticism in 672 and carved a representation of the figure in a cherry tree, enshrining it in a temple. The temple's current main temple building was constructed in 1691. Thereafter, the temple expanded and reached its current scale in 1703. A rare extant example of a temple built on a high mountain and also one of the few remaining Shugendo temples, the temple is of high historic value and has been designated a National Important Cultural Property.

Spot details

Address: Nara Yoshino-gun Tenkawamura Dorogawa 703 Map
Area: Tenkawa Village / Totsukawa Village Area
Phone: 0747689189
Hours: Free to visit [Main hall] 6:00-16:00*Only men can enter the mountain for religious reasons
Closed: Open throughout the season (9/23-5/2 closed)
Fees: Worship Free
Parking Lot: Available
※Available(Fee) at trailhead
Credit Card: Not available
Smoking: Not available
Wi-Fi: Not available
Note: *Tel is only available during the opening of the mountain.