Also, it is the mountain where Enryaku-ji Temple's Thousand-Day Circumambulation Practice is done, including a pilgrimage to the shrines at the peak of Mt. Hiei, and to Hiyoshi Taisha Shrine at its foot.
また比叡山山頂の諸堂や山麓の日吉大社などを参拝して歩く延暦寺千日回峰行も行われ信仰の山である。