Experience the Ishidan Stone Step Pilgrimage! Be Reborn in Mind and Body at Mount Haguro
The 2,446 stone steps along Mount Haguro's approach – on the Ishidan Stone Step Pilgrimage(石段詣 Ishidanmoude), you climb these steps wearing a white sash. Walking surrounded by mystical cedar trees refreshes the mind and body! We went to experience this "journey of rebirth"!

Mount Gassan(月山), Mount Haguro(羽黒山), and Mount Yudono(湯殿山) in the city of Tsuruoka, Yamagata, were designated as sacred 1,400 years ago. Called Dewa Sanzan(出羽三山), these three mountains represent the past, present, and future. Going around to all three allows you to be spiritually reborn while still alive. In the Edo period, doing this spread among commoners as a "journey of rebirth" of the present, past, and future.

The Ishidan Stone Step Pilgrimage is a worship plan allowing anyone to easily experience this "journey of rebirth." You climb the steps while wearing a white sash(注連 Shime), for an experience unavailable nowhere else.

There are 2,446 steps, which take about an hour and a half to climb, so wear easy-to-walk-in clothes that can absorb sweat. Sneakers or hiking shoes are also recommended.

First is registration. Located at the foot of Mount Haguro's foot, the Zuishinmon Gate(随神門) reception office. Here is where you complete the procedures for the Ishidan Stone Step Pilgrimage.

Scan the QR code and register your email address. To ensure that the process can be accomplished smoothly, check beforehand whether you can scan QR codes with your smartphone.
*The QR Code link is in Japanese as of February 2024. Please use automatic translation.
