御田の神避難小屋
The place
御田の神避難小屋 (Onta-no-Kami Hinan-goya, "Emergency Shelter of the Deity of the Fields") on the Zaō mountains, Yamagata/Yonezawa area (Yamagata Prefecture, northern Honshū, Japan), at 1543 m altitude, on the slopes of Zaō 1841 m, an active volcanic complex. Continuous northern Honshū Japan cluster (batches 280-348). Emergency shelter (hinan-goya) on the Zaō mountains (Zaō-san, 5-peak active stratovolcano, thermal area, hot springs, onsen kaiseki + Okama crater lake, emerald, 5 outflows + Zaōgongen mountain Buddhism rituals + Zaō juhyō "ice monsters," Abies mariesii and Betula ermanii trees coated in freezing fog, sacred in Buddhist tradition + ski resort, 22 runs, NIH), area of Fagus crenata Japanese beech + Betula ermanii at the treeline, heritage of Yamagata (agricultural prefecture, Japan's rice bowl, Yamagata plum wine "shoro," Shonai Basin, cherry blossoms).
The setting
Zaō, Yamagata/Yonezawa, northern Honshū, Japan, 1543 m, Zaō 1841 m active volcanic complex, continuous cluster batches 280-348, emergency shelter Zaō-san 5-peak active stratovolcano thermal onsen kaiseki Okama emerald crater 5 outflows Zaōgongen mountain Buddhism juhyō ice monsters Abies mariesii/Betula ermanii freezing fog sacred + 22 runs NIH, Fagus crenata/Betula ermanii treeline, Yamagata Japan's rice bowl plum wine shoro Shonai cherry blossoms.
