Shosan-ji는 해발 약 706미터의 쇼산지산에 위치하여 전형적인 산지 사찰의 특징을 지니고 있습니다.

This is the first 'nansho' (difficult place) on the 88-temple pilgrimage, featuring 'henro gorogashi' or 'pilgrim fall down' paths so steep that locals tell stories of pilgrims who quit here.

At 706 meters elevation, it's the second highest temple on the pilgrimage. The grounds are surrounded by gigantic cedar trees over 500 years old, designated as natural monuments of Tokushima Prefecture.

En no Gyoja, founder of Shugendo mountain asceticism, originally established this temple after subduing a dragon that terrorized villagers with mountain fires and floods.