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Experience the divine: Tremendous tranquility and spiritual immersion awaits you at Japan’s sacred Shinto shrines
Ome City, Tokyo-to
Mt. Mitake has a cable car and can be easily hiked.
Musashi Mitake Shrine is located at the summit of the 929-meter-high Mt. Mitake, which has long been the object of mountain worship as a sacred mountain in the Kanto region.
The shrine is also known as one that enshrines a wolf as a guardian deity, "Oinu-sama," which is a household deity of Yamatotakeru, a legendary hero in ancient Japanese history. The shrine is known for the large number of people who visit with their dogs.
Musashi Mitake Shrine
How to get there
From Tokyo Station, take the Chuo Line train bound for Ome (about 1 hour 15 minutes). Change to the Ome Line train at Ome Station bound for Okutama and get off at Mitake Station (about 20 minutes). Take a Nishi-Tokyo Bus to the Cable-shita bus stop (10 minutes), then ride the cable car from Takimoto Station to Mitakesan Station (6 minutes). Musashi-Mitake Shrine is about a 30-minute walk from Mitakesan Station.
176 Mitakesan, Ome-shi, Tokyo-to
