Kitaguchi Hongu Fuji Sengen-jinja Shrine

As you go under the golden Torii gate and pass through the “Oshi” quarter in Yoshida, you will reach “SENGEN- san”, which is very familiar to local people still today. Its origin is said to derive from the episode that "Yamato Takeru no mikoto" built a small shrine at this place during his eastern expedition. According to the legend, he looked up and worshipped Mt. Fuji from here and said “this God Mountain of Fuji is good to be climbed from the north side”. “Togu Honden”, the oldest of the buildings in the precinct, was originally constructed in 1233 (Kamakura period) by Hojo Yoshitoki, and reconstructed by Takeda Shingen in 1561 (Sengoku period). Also there is a 1,000-year old sacred cedar tree named “Cedar of Fuji Taro” as well as the “Ascending Gate” which is the starting point of Yoshida Ascending Route.