Kami (Shinto deity)

Konohanasakuyahime no Mikoto

木花開耶姫命このはなさくやひめのみこと

Kitaguchi Hongū Fuji Sengen Jinja introduces Konohanasakuyahime no Mikoto as the goddess of Mount Fuji. In myth, she appears as the daughter of Ōyamatsumi no Kami and as the goddess who is joined in marriage with Ninigi no Mikoto.

This page introduces myths and the faith handed down at individual shrines, with their sources. Descriptions of divine virtues are explanations within religious faith and do not guarantee the outcome of any prayer. We do not set uniform rules for the traditions or customs of individual shrines and temples.

English pages are the site’s own translations of its Japanese pages. The sources cited are in Japanese. 日本語で読む

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The kami of Fuji and Sengen

Source: 北口本宮冨士浅間神社・國學院大學

Prayers for safe childbirth and protection from fire

Kitaguchi Hongū Fuji Sengen Jinja lists safe childbirth and protection from fire as her principal divine virtues. We understand this as faith rooted in awe of Mount Fuji and in the myth of her giving birth amid flames, and do not take it to mean that actual safety is guaranteed.

Source: 北口本宮冨士浅間神社

The story of the birthing hut in flames

The Kojiki tells how Konohanasakuyabime, whose pregnancy was doubted, gave birth to three kami in a birthing hut that had been set on fire. This introduces the content of the myth and does not recommend this act as an example to follow or as a practice of prayer.

Source: 國學院大學

An example of a chant (in Japanese)

祓え給い、清め給え、神（かむ）ながら守り給い、幸（さきわ）え給え

Related shrines and temples

Sources (in Japanese)

北口本宮冨士浅間神社「御祭神」（2026-10-15 確認）
國學院大學「木花之佐久夜毘売」（2026-10-15 確認）
國學院大學「古事記ビューアー・神名データベース「神阿多都比売」」（2026-10-15 確認）
國學院大學「古事記ビューアー・神名データベース「神阿多都比売」」（2026-10-15 確認）
國學院大學「古事記ビューアー・神名データベース「木花之佐久夜毘売」」（2026-10-15 確認）