Nagano Prefecture’s Suwa Taisha: One of Japan’s Oldest Shintō Shrine Complexes

The locations of Suwa Taisha Shintō shrine.

The Maemiya honden sanctuary.

Honmiya’s heihaiden worship hall.

The heihaiden at Harumiya.

The Akimiya heihaiden.

The kiotoshi, “sending down the trees,” part of the Onbashira festival sees daring men ride the massive logs down the mountain slopes.