Virtual Yashima Domain 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #15 Gokuraku-ji Temple

 

     Horowa-san Haushiwake Shrine was founded in Mount Horowa in 757, far before the Imperial rule arrived at the area.  That means the mountain was a holy place among northern foreigners.  The mountain was located on the borders between the Yashima Domain and the other 2 domains: the Kubota Domain and the Kameda Domain.  Each domain had its own shrine temple for Haushiwake Shrine.  The one in the Yashima Domain was Gokuraku-ji Temple, which is supposed to have been located in Higashiyurihonai, Yurihonjo, Akita 015-0201.  It is unknown when the temple was founded.  It might have been abolished after the Meiji Restoration Government issued the Gods and Buddhas Separation Order in 1868.

Horowa-san Haushiwake Shrine

Address: Harowasan, 1-1 Omorimachi Yasawagi, Yokote, Akita 013-0561

Phone: 0182-26-6317