Yakuō-in on Mount Takao 高尾山薬王院有喜寺

The Takao fire walk is on the 2nd Sunday of March, in the open area at the foot of the mountain.

Buddhist temple of the Shingon school, founded according to tradition in 744, halfway up Mount Takao. Its worship is directed to Izuna Gongen, with the tengu (the crow spirit of the mountains) as its distinctive image: a large tengu mask is in the Daihondō. The fire walk (hiwatari-sai) is held every second Sunday of March in the open area at the foot of the mountain; the 2026 edition is set for 8 March, at 13:00.

Tokyo

Kiyotaki, Takaosan, Sancho

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