Kiyotaki-yama
📍 Kagawa, Shodoshima · 18-3 Yasuda-otsu, Shodoshima-cho, Shozu District, Kagawa
About
Founded1920
EnshrinedEmperor Meiji, Empress Shoken
RankImperial Shrine (Kanpei Taisha)
FestivalNovember 3 (Annual Festival)
HeritageHonden (Registered Cultural Property)
Website www.meijijingu.or.jp/en/
History
This sacred waterfall site serves as a training ground for those pursuing intensive ascetic practices. The cold cascade becomes both teacher and challenge, stripping away ego and cultivating inner strength. Generations of monks and practitioners have sought purification and spiritual awakening through direct encounter with the waterfall's elemental force.
Benefits
Waterfall asceticismPurificationSpiritual discipline