The shrine is located at a high altitude of 3,003 meters and has three sub-shrines.

[1]: 97  Several million people visit the shrine every year.

[3] It used to be called Tateyama Gongen, but was renamed Oyama Shrine in 1869 during Haibutsu kishaku.

[4] Oyama Shrine has a rich history and was historically a major site of Shugendō, a Japanese religion that combines elements of Buddhism, Shintoism, and other indigenous beliefs.

Oyama Shrine is unique in that it does not have a honden, which is a main hall for enshrining the kami (deities), instead, Mount Tate itself is considered its main object of worship, known as the kannabi.

At that time, Saeki-no-Ariwaka's son, Ariyori, saw a vision of the Three Buddhas there.

[5]: 141–143 Before the Meiji era, the mountain was a major Shugendō pilgrimage site.

For example, Mount Jodo is named after Amitābha Buddha's paradise.

Dainichi Peak represents a major Buddhist figure.

Lake Suzuri symbolizes a heavenly place in Buddhism.

A shrine on the mountain links Izanagi to Amitābha Buddha.

A Buddhist story talks about a condemned woman in this hell.

[9]: 167–173 Japanese beliefs connect paradise and hell to our world.

Good actions lead to a pure land.

[9]: 167–173 Two communities, Iwakuraji and Ashikuraji, were the main centers of this cult.

This community guided pilgrims to Oyama Jinja Mine Honsha.

The worship of Tateyama Gongen may have started by the twelfth century.

They formed pilgrimage groups called Tateyama ko–.

[6]: 55 At the base of Mount Tateyama, there are sacred sites.

He carved an image of Fudo Myo O, a Buddhist deity.

Around 1700, people believed the temple's waterfalls could cure eye diseases.

[6]: 55 In the Meiji period, the worship sites on Mount Oyama changed.

[10]: 137 The shrine used to be called Tateyama Gongen, but was forcibly renamed Oyama Shrine in 1869 during Haibutsu kishaku by Kaga Domain authorities.

According to legend a nun brought logs there for building Nyoindō and they were petrified.

[5]: 141–143 The Mirror Stone is a highly reflective flat rock.

A Buddhist story talks about a condemned woman in this hell.

This event named the lake "Thrice Round Pond."

When the top is snowed in, people pray at the first two parts.

[4]: 75–79 Another festival is for the yama no kami, the god of Mount Tate.

Local men and forestry workers gather for blessings.