Saikan
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Saikan (斎館, Saikan) is a sprawling temple lodging atop Mt. Haguro (羽黒山 Haguro-san), part of the Three Mountains of Dewa (出羽三山 Dewa Sanzan) in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan.{{Cite book |last=岩鼻通明 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XPczAAAAMAAJ |title=出羽三山信仰の歴史地理学的研究 |date=1992 |publisher=名著出版 |isbn=978-4-626-01430-6 |pages=3 |language=ja}} It was previously known as {{Nihongo3||華蔵院|Kezō-in}}.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DgZPAQAAMAAJ |title=日本の美術 |date=2005 |publisher=至文堂 |pages=84 |language=ja}}{{Cite journal |last=Earhart |first=H. Byron |date=1968 |title=The Celebration of "Haru-Yama" (Spring Mountain): An Example of Folk Religious Practices in Contemporary Japan |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1177798 |journal=Asian Folklore Studies |volume=27 |issue=1 |pages=1–24 |doi=10.2307/1177798 |jstor=1177798 |issn=0385-2342|url-access=subscription }}
Layout
Saikan connects directly to the main temple of the complex through a long passageway that climbs further up the mountain.
Accommodation
Elaborate Gohonbo Bassho-zen meals are served to visitors.
Access
Traditionally, the lodgings are reached by climbing up 2,466 stone steps up the side of the mountain, but it can also be reached by car or bus.
File:Saikan2.jpg|A simple breakfast.
File:Saikan3.jpg|One of many large tatami rooms for guests.
File:Saikan4.jpg|Hallway.
References
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External links
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Category:Shinto shrines in Yamagata Prefecture
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