In Japan, mountains were valued due to economic reasons such as a source of water, hunting grounds, mines, forest, and for geological reasons such as their majestic appearance and volcanoes, and religious services were performed based upon belief since ancient times that mountains are places where divine spirits reside or descend to.
日本においても、水源・狩猟の場・鉱山・森林などの経済的条件、雄大な容姿や火山などの地質的条件から山が重要視され、古来から山は神霊が宿る、あるいは降臨する場所と信じられ祭祀が行われてきた。