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Our guide
The Three Mountains of Dewa — Mount Haguro, Mount Gassan and Mount Yudono — are sacred to Shinto and above all to Shugendō, the mountain ascetic tradition, and they have long drawn pilgrims, the haiku poet Matsuo Bashō among them. Each mountain has its shrine: Hagurosan Shrine on Haguro, Gassan Shrine on Gassan and Yudonosan Shrine on Yudono. The five-storey pagoda on Mount Haguro is a National Treasure.
This page is for Mount Haguro, where Dewa Shrine stands at the point it is mapped to. We have not checked a route, seasonal access or opening arrangements, so plan with local information before you go.
Written by japan-spots.com (2026-09-22) from the sources credited on this page. Distances are straight lines between map positions.
Photos
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence — see credits
- Yudonosan Torii gate 2006-A — Crown of Lenten rose · CC BY 3.0 · source · resized
- 出羽三山神社 - panoramio (4) — Yoshio Kohara · CC BY 3.0 · source · resized
- 出羽三山神社 - panoramio (1) — Yoshio Kohara · CC BY 3.0 · source · resized
- Iwanesawa Jinja 2006 — Crown of Lenten rose · Public domain · source · resized
- Hagurosan Syoro 2006 — Crown of Lenten rose · CC BY 3.0 · source · resized
- Hagurosan Path to the summit 2006 — Crown of Lenten rose · CC BY 3.0 · source · resized
- Hagurosan Gojunto 2006-A — Crown of Lenten rose · CC BY 3.0 · source · resized
- Hagurosan Gohaiden 2006 — Crown of Lenten rose · CC BY 3.0 · source · resized
- DewaSanZan Japan Bashou s spot — User: (WT-shared) FreakRob at wts wikivoyage 02:36, 13. Dezember 2008 (EST) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
What this place is
The Three Mountains of Dewa (出羽三山, Dewa Sanzan) refer to the three sacred mountains of Mount Haguro, Mount Gassan and Mount Yudono, which are clustered together in the ancient province of Dewa (modern-day Yamagata Prefecture). Holy to the Japanese Shinto religion and especially the mountain ascetic practice of Shugendo, Dewa Sanzan are a popular pilgrimage site visited by many, including famed haiku poet Matsuo Bashō. The Haguro Five-story Pagoda is a recognised national treasure of Japan. It has three subshrines Mount Gassan with Gassan Shrine Mount Haguro with Hagurosan Shrine Mount Yudono with Yudonosan Shrine
Background text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
What to expect at this type of place: Mountain
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