Experience climbing 519 stone steps surrounded by cedar trees to reach the shrine and view a 1200-year-old sacred cedar tree and a traditional water wheel, immersing yourself in a forest.
Himuro Shrine is situated on the southern side of Mount Kushigata at an elevation of about 1,000 meters.
Himuro Shrine, Fujikawa-cho, Yamanashi, 01/10/2026
Himuro Shrine, Fujikawa-cho, Yamanashi, 01/10/2026
The water on the water wheel and under it has frozen and blocks of ice were there.
Also, please visit the article on December 22, 2024.
Japanese thuja (Thuja standishii): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thuja_standishii; https://hosho.ees.hokudai.ac.jp/tsuyu/top/plt/cypress/thuja/sta.html; https://cornellbotanicgardens.org/plant/japanese-arborvitae; https://www.conifers.org/cu/Thuja_standishii.php