A mountain pilgrimage day in the wooded ranges of western Saitama, within reach of Tokyo. From the river-gorge town of Nagatoro the route runs up the Chichibu basin, past the 2,000-year-old Chichibu Shrine, then climbs the winding forest road deep into the Okuchichibu mountains to Mitsumine Shrine — a remote, mist-wrapped sanctuary guarded by wolf statues at 1,100m. A genuine ridge-and-valley road with a sacred payoff at the top.
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