In summer time, the mountain is very crowded with practitioners of Shugen (Japanese mountain asceticism-shamanism incorporating Shinto and Buddhist concepts) who head for Zao-do Hall of Mt. Sanjogatake or visitors.
夏期には山上ヶ岳の蔵王堂をめざして修行に訪れる修験者や参詣者で非常ににぎわう。