Murayama Sengen Shrine is located in Murayama, Fijinomiya City, Shizuoka Pref. The enshrined deities are Oyamanegi no Mikoto and Kamosawa Hime no Mikoto. It is said that En no Ozuno, the founder of mountain practice, transferred the deity from Oshoji Temple in Mt. Fuji in the 7th century. According to another account, it was built in 702 and Sakanoue no Tamuramaro visited to worship the temple and made a donation. The place is considered to have been the training ashram for the Murakami mountain practitioners, who worshipped and trained themselves in Mt. Fuji. In the old days, as the shrine was on the path to climb Mt. Fuji, it thrived and there were hundreds of priests’ living quarters. But it declined since a new road was built. At the present time, only Hondo (the main hall) and Dainichi Hall remain. In the precinct stands prefecturally designated protected species of huge cedar and gingko trees. The shrine is now at a height of 500 m above sea level at the southern foot of Mt. Fuji. From a picture drawn in 1609, it seems that the surrounding landscape hasn’t changed very much.