Ontake (Otaki Village, Nagano Prefecture), there are two waterfalls, Kiyotaki and Shintaki, at the third station of the ascent from Ontake Shrine.
This time we went to Kiyotaki.
The day before, the weather forecast predicted rain, but it stopped raining during the night and we were blessed with good weather.
This time, I would like to introduce Kiyotaki. Please bear with me until the end.
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Kiyotaki and Shintaki Falls
Kiyotaki Fall and Shintaki Fall appear at the third station as you head toward the summit from Ontake Shrine.
Kiyotaki Waterfall
Kiyotaki, which can be heard roaring from the forest valley as you pull off the road, has long been a place where Ontake ascetic ascetics and ascetic ascetics required to spend 100 days in ascetic practice before climbing Mt.
Kiyotaki Falls can be seen from the road.
Kiyotaki Fudo Myoo and Kiyotaki Benzaiten are enshrined here. The waterfall is about 30 meters high, and the volume of water is abundant, with ice falling in midwinter.
Overview
Overview
Location 397-0201 Tanohara, Otaki-mura, Kiso-gun, Nagano, Japan
tel 0264-48-2257
fax 0264-48-2258
MAIL otaki@visitkiso.com
URL http://www.ontake.jp/special/kiyotaki
Access/Parking
Access 59km 75min from Ina IC
79km 105min from Nakatsugawa IC
Please inquire in advance for seasonal bus service.
Parking: 5 spaces for regular cars, 3 spaces for large cars
◆A waterfall over the Omata River, a tributary of the Kiso River. It is a direct fall with a height of 30m. Kiyotaki Fudo Myoo is enshrined here, and it is still a place where believers of the Ontake-kyo sect perform water asceticism. It is a 3-minute walk from the parking lot.
History
Ontake is a mountain of mountain worship. Fuji, Hakusan, and Tateyama, and is usually referred to as one of the three sacred mountains of Japan, although there is a theory that Hakusan or Tateyama is interchangeable with Ontake to make it one of the three sacred mountains. Fuji (Fuji-ko) and is a sacred mountain that has been worshipped by the general public as a kosha in the history of mountain worship in Japan[104][105]. It is the object of worship of Ontake-kyo, a sect of Shintoism. Ontake Shrine Okusha is located at the highest point of the mountain, Kenkagamine, and enshrines the deity Okonoki-no-mikoto and Ebisu-sama. During the Kamakura period (1185-1333), the area around Ontake was a training ground for ascetic practitioners [7], but the practice declined after that.In the middle of the Muromachi period (1333-1573), in his essay “Ontake Zento” (Ontake mountain asceticism), Kanzawa Morikuchi wrote that one cannot ascend the mountain without devotion for 100 days, during which time one must enter the ascetic practice site and practice asceticism, reciting the Koumyo Mantra day and night and performing water purification. The fee is three ryos and two minutes for one hundred days of practice. As described above, a light person cannot enter the monastery unless he or she has a life-long desire to do so. – Kanzawa Dokuchi, “O-kusa,” Vol. 162 (mid-Muromachi period)
It is written in the Ontake-jinja Okusha at the summit of the mountain, “Only those who have completed the strict ascetic training were allowed to ascend the mountain once a year. This ascending worship by the people of the Kiso Valley, known as “Dosha,” flourished.
On June 13, 1560, Kiso Yoshimasa and his followers ascended the mountain after completing 100 days of devotional purification at the Satomiya of Ontake Shrine to pray for good fortune.
Enku, an itinerant monk in the early Edo period (1603-1868), also climbed the mountain and left many wooden Buddhist statues at temples in the surrounding area.
In 1785, Kakumei Gyoja from Kasugai-gun, Owari, repelled the persecution of the old cult and borrowed local believers to build a path for ascending Kurosawaguchi[12] and succeeded in popularizing light asceticism, making it possible to ascend the mountain only through water asceticism without severe ascetic practices.
Later, Fugan Gyoja opened Ootaki-guchi. In the Edo period (1603-1867), three paths were opened, Ootaki-guchi, Kurosawaguchi, and Kosaka-guchi, and kochu (Fugan-ko and others) were formed in Owari, Kanto, and other areas in Japan, spreading the Ontake-kyo religion and popularizing it as a mountain of faith.
From the end of the Edo period to the beginning of the Meiji period (1868-1912), the mountain was crowded with hundreds of thousands of worshippers who climbed the mountain every year.
The following is a description of the mountain.
In 1868 (the first year of Meiji), the “Women’s Hall” at the 8th station of Kurosawa-guchi began operating as the first lodge on Ontake, and although women were prohibited from entering this upper part of the mountain, the prohibition was lifted earlier than other mountains in Japan by the Dajokan notification in 1872 [7]. Yugaku-ko Reishinjo along the trail
There are many sacred sites and sites of ascetic practices along the approach to the Ootaki-guchi and Kurosawa-guchi.
In Ontake worship, it is customary to erect “Reishin Monuments” on natural stones with the name of the deity engraved on them.
There are about 5,000 Reishin Monuments enshrining worshippers on the approach to Kurosawa-guchi, and many more on the approach to Otaki-guchi.
Zao Gongen is enshrined at Ontake Shrine, and stone monuments and shrines of the Ontake faith are set up at faraway places of worship such as Torii Pass and Wada Pass.
Tani Buncho, a painter in the late Edo period (1603-1868), depicted this mountain in “Nihon Meizan Zue (Japan Famous Mountains)” and introduced it as a famous mountain.
With the opening of the toll roads Kuroishi Forest Road and Shirakaku Forest Road and the Mitake Ropeway, ordinary climbers have begun to mix with believers dressed in white with hinoki-kasa (hinoki hats) and vajra sticks on the path to worship.
Quoted from Wikipedia
There is a video taken of Kiyotaki Falls.
It is quite powerful as it is a 30-meter direct fall.
I, the author, often performed waterfalls at Shintaki, but the water temperature at both is very low, even in summer, and your hands and feet start to get numb after about one minute.
The foothold is relatively better at Kiyotaki, but you should go with an experienced guide when performing waterfalls.
It is very dangerous to go alone, as you will not be able to help if you are injured.
Be careful in the wild, as you may be attacked by animals (deer, bears, monkeys, etc.).
On behalf of those of you who are too busy with your daily lives to visit the region, here is a video of my visit to the temple
I have a video of me praying on behalf of those of you who are too busy with your daily lives to visit the local area.
Even though it is a video, there is a video in which I prayed very hard in the prayer text [for blessings to be bestowed on those who watch this video later].
Please watch and pray for me.
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The video was shot from the approach to the shrine (about 300m).
It is more beneficial to watch from the approach, but if you don’t have time, please fast forward through the chapters.
00:00 Start
05:56 Near Kiyotaki
06:58 Exorcism of causality at the waterfall site
13:17 Pray to Buddha
14:29 Prayer to Buddha
It is okay to listen to the video,
However, it will be more effective if you watch the screen and listen to it.
First, you are praying in front of the waterfall.
This is me taking your place and chanting the sutra while splashing in the water.
First, we purify our sins, impurities, and causalities that have accumulated on a daily basis.
Then, after chanting the Buddhist sutras to the Buddhas around Kiyotaki before worshipping the principal image, we go to the main image, Kiyotaki Fudo Myoo-o, and chant the sutras to the Buddhas around Kiyotaki.
After chanting the Buddhist sutras to the Buddhas around Kiyotaki, we pray to the principal image, Kiyotaki Fudo Myoo, and Kiyotaki Benzaiten.
We apologize to the gods and Buddha for not being able to come because of our busy daily lives.
We pray for the fulfillment of our wishes, monetary fortune, and longevity of life.
After the sounding of the conch shell, please recite the prayer in your heart.
We recommend that you listen to it every day on your way to work or school, before going to bed, and at the beginning of the week.
Wonders will surely happen. I know it’s hard, but please don’t be discouraged because we are praying hard for your improvement.
We are praying as much as we can for those who are listening.
Editor’s Postscript
Ontake is a truly steep mountain.
Ontake is dotted with many waterfalls, among which Shintaki and Kiyotaki are the most famous.
In the past, like Koyasan, it was a mountain where women were forbidden.
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