Shrine · Iriya / Shitaya

Onoterusaki Shrine 小野照崎神社

A small Shitaya shrine to the poet-scholar Ono no Takamura with a real Edo-era Fuji-zuka, a miniature Mount Fuji built from lava rock that you can only climb a few days a year, and a cult following among performers.

About

Onoterusaki Shrine looks like just another neighbourhood shrine squeezed between apartment blocks near Iriya, but locals know it as a place where wishes about careers and the arts come true. The most repeated story: the young actor Atsumi Kiyoshi prayed here and promised to give up tobacco, and soon after landed the role of Tora-san that made him a national icon. The shrine's real treasure is its Fuji-zuka, a roughly five-metre mini Mount Fuji built in 1828 from lava rock carried from the mountain itself, complete with a summit shrine and stone markers. It is a designated Important Tangible Folk Cultural Property and opens to climbers chiefly for the yamabiraki around 30 June–1 July, when the neighbourhood turns out with festival stalls. The rest of the year you can view it through the fence, then pick up one of the shrine's artistic goshuin.

Highlights

• 1828 Fuji-zuka built from genuine Fuji lava rock, a national Important Tangible Folk Cultural Property
• Yamabiraki climbing days around 30 June–1 July, with festival stalls
• Dedicated to Ono no Takamura, patron of scholarship and the arts
• Famous wish-granting story of Tora-san actor Atsumi Kiyoshi
• Quiet, local precinct a few minutes from Iriya Station

Tips

• Plan for late June if you want to climb the Fuji-zuka; otherwise you see it from outside the fence.
• Performers, writers and job-seekers come here to pray, a vow to give something up is part of local lore.
• Iriya Station (Hibiya Line) Exit 4 is about 3 minutes away; continue to Iriya Kishimojin (morning-glory fair in early July).
• Goshuin are handled at the shrine office during daytime only.

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