Kinpokusan Shrine

Japanese: 金北山神社 - きんぽくさんじんじゃ
Kinpokusan Shrine

...There is a rhododendron colony near the peak. At the peak is Kinpokusan Shrine (whose deities are Ohiko-no-mikoto and Kagutsuchi-no-mikoto), and when boys on the island reach the age of seven, they are traditionally accompanied by their parents to climb the mountain on their first visit to the mountain and bring home a branch of rhododendron. After World War II, a US military radar base was established on the peak, and it is now managed by the Japan Air Self-Defense Force. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Kanpokuyama Shrine" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…山頂付近にシャクナゲの群落がある。頂上に金北山神社(祭神は大毘古命(おおひこのみこと),軻遇突智命(かぐつちのみこと))が鎮座し,島の男子は7歳になると,初山と称して父兄に伴われて登山し,シャクナゲの枝を持ち帰るならわしがあった。第2次大戦後,アメリカ軍のレーダー基地が山頂に設けられ,現在は航空自衛隊が管理している。…

※「金北山神社」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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