Mount Ochi

What it is

• One of the Five Mountains of Echizen located on the border of Fukui City.
• A sacred site where the monk Taicho practiced asceticism during his youth.
• Part of the protected Echizen-Kaga Kaigan Quasi-National Park area.
• A mountain summit historically closed to women that now features Ochi Shrine.

What to see

• Ochi Shrine and the Okunoin sanctuary located at the mountain summit.
• Donoike pond situated at an elevation of 580 meters.
• Taishido hall housing a wooden seated statue of Taicho from the Edo period.
• Sentai Jizodo built in 1860 with donations from local lords.
• Nunogataki, a seventy meter high waterfall used for water asceticism.
• Remains of the Ochi Shrine temple located near the Taicho-no-mori hot spring.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.