The Village of Ashikuraji

Ashikuraji developed around the Tateyama pilgrimage tradition and flourished during the Edo period as a temple town with 33 lodges for pilgrims visiting the sacred peaks of Mt. Tate. Two former pilgrim lodgings are open to the public today, including the well-preserved Kyosanbo, built around 1820 with a traditional garden and altar scrolls. The Tateyama Museum of Toyama at the village center covers the mountain's geology, religious history, and the Nunobashi Kanjoe ceremony that continues today. Just east, the Enmado Hall holds over 60 Buddhist statues, and the Nunobashi Bridge symbolically marks the crossing from the living world to the Buddhist afterlife.