Homan-zan Jinguji — Mountain Shrine-Temple Hybrid

Homan-zan (829m) has been sacred simultaneously to both Buddhism and Shinto since the 8th century — a mountain deity-habitation (shinreichi) where the two traditions coexisted without conflict through Japan's long history of syncretic practice. The summit complex contains both a Shinto shrine and a Buddhist hall, linked by a 5km trail that passes 12 sacred stone markers at irregular intervals through ancient cedar forest.