1_4.Subashiri Ascending Route

The ascending route starting from Higashi-guchi Hongu Fuji Sengen-jinja Shrine at the eastern foot of Mt. Fuji to reach the east part of the summit after merging with Yoshida Ascending Route at Subashiri Route Hon 8th station; also known as "Eastern route”. At the 7th station, Kakebotoke (hanging round-copper tablet with Buddha’s image) with an inscription of 1384 (Muromachi period) was excavated. Although devastated in the Hoei Eruption as with Suyama Route, it was restored in the following year supported by the Edo Shogunate. Its height of prosperity was marked in the late Edo period. In 1800, the anniversary-related auspicious year of the belief in Mt. Fuji, as many as 23,700 pilgrims visited the area.