Miyauchi Hachimangu

This Hachiman shrine stands in Miyauchi, the same area as Yamamiya Sengen Shrine. Miyauchi is the name of the district where Yamamiya Sengen Shrine stands, and some see it, together with neighbouring place names, as a name recalling an old sacred site where the deity of Mt. Fuji was worshipped.

The enshrined deity is Emperor Ōjin (Hachiman). At Yamamiya Sengen Shrine in Miyauchi, the Yamamiya Goshinkō, in which the deity’s spirit, carried in a hoko halberd, was welcomed from Sengen Taisha, was held every April and November. The rite continued until 1873 (Meiji 6) and, after a long break, has been revived in recent years.

Through the vermilion torii stands a wooden shrine building with a red roof. Tourists rarely come here. It is the guardian shrine of the local community.