Kabasan Shrine

What it is

• A Shinto shrine on Mount Kabasan, Ibaraki Prefecture.
• Founded on ancient mountain worship traditions.
• Dedicated to Kuninotokotachi-no-Mikoto and other deities.
• Was a Shingon Buddhist temple until the Meiji era.

What to see

• Main hall on a ridge north of the summit.
• Worship halls at the eastern and western foothills.
• Propeller from a 1962 plane crash near a worship hall.

When to go

• Kiseru Festival on the first Sunday of September.
• Festival celebrates the tobacco harvest.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.