Ryuto Shrine - Chichibu District

It's an ordinary rural shrine. There used to be an elementary school in the precincts.

A shrine in the mountain village of Ogano-machi side of Shikasaka Pass. There are two sets of wolves. Yokami = Yorami = Ryogami (Ryogami)

Youkamiya Marukami Jinja Festival deity Ryuzu Daimyojin It sits at the entrance to the Onouchi Valley icicles. There is a large parking lot and a beautiful toilet. It is said that there is an inner shrine on the summit of both gods, and it enshrines the dragon god, and is a shrine of the beggar belief. The roof is protected, but the sculpture is wonderful, and I want it to remain forever. The guardian dog is a wolf, and the old mountain dog (wolf) has deteriorated, but its successor, the guardian dog, is watching over the parking lot. There may be a benefit to parking here... However, it is a climb of 1 km or more to the icicles. On the way there is a rock on the right that is about to fall, and on the left is Yokami Kamisui.

The guardian dog of the wolf unique to Chichibu protects it.

It is located in the back of Ogano Town, but you can also go by a town bus.

[Ryuto Shrine ?⛩⛰] ? Satomiya is enshrined at the entrance of Onouchi Valley, one of the entrances to the worship road at the foot of Mt. Ryokami ⛩ There is one shrine that distributes "dog tags" that are often seen in Chichibu's dog-like beliefs, and according to one theory, Ryuto Shrine has been known as a shrine for dispatching wolves since ancient times than Mitsumine Shrine ?⛩ ? "Ryuto Shrine Okumiya", which sits at one of the peaks of Mt. Ryokami Hacchoone, is said to be a company of "rain-making worship" that enshrines Ryokami on the summit of Mt. Ryokami. ??⛩ being told ? The summit of Mt. Ryokami is the head of the dragon (dragon head), the body crawls on the Haccho ridge, the tail descends from between Higashidake and Nishidake and follows the tail Uchizawa, and the tail is said to be inside the tail ?⛰ ? The famous peak "Ryokamiyama", which is one of the 100 famous mountains in Japan, has been the object of worship since ancient times because of its steep jagged saw-like appearance reminiscent of the body of a dragon ⛰? . ? Mt. Ryokami, which is counted as one of the three mountains of Chichibu along with Mt. Buko and Mt. Miune in the Chichibu region ⛰ It is also called "Mt. Ryokami, Mt. Ryujin, Mt. Ryuto" as another name for "Mt. Ryokami" ⛰? ? The origin of the name of Mt. Ryokami is that it is called "Mt. Ryokami" because it enshrines the two pillars of "Izanagi Takashi and Izanami Mimei" ? ? The theory named "Yamato Takeru" because it was the eastern expedition of Japan Takeru, and he arrived here for eight days from Mt. Tsukuba and was worshiped under the guidance of his dog, Oguchi Shinjin. ⛩ ? In addition, there are various theories such as the theory that the belief in Ryujin was transmitted to Mt. Ryokami and that "Mountain enshrining Ryujin" turned into "Mt. Ryujin / Mt. Ryuzu".

June 2021) There is a beautiful public toilet in the precincts. That helps a lot. It was a pity that the amount of water in Onouchizawa in front of me was small. You can drive to the Onouchi Valley, which is a little upstream.

A shrine that towers quietly on the way to the icicles of the Onouchi Valley. According to one theory, it was built older than the famous "Mitsumine Shrine" and is known as a "shrine that dispatches wolves." If you go to the back of this shrine, you can feel its rarity. There aren't many shrines that can be visited so close. When you worship, I would like you to go behind the scenes.