Shōroku Shintō Yamatoyama

is a Shintō-derived religious movement headquartered in the town of Hiranai in Aomori Prefecture, Japan.

History Shōroku Shintō Yamatoyama originates from Tazawa Seishirō's dedication of a shrine in 1919 to a Yama-no-Kami after he witnessed extraordinary astronomical phenomena and heard divine voices; however, he officially began the organization in January 1930. It established its headquarters at an isolated tract of land in the mountains of Hiranai in 1969. By 1999 the sect had garnered over 60,000 adherents, primarily from Hokkaido and the Tōhoku region.Kisala, Robert (1999) p. 111. "Shōroku Shintō Yamatoyama was founded in 1919 by Tazawa Seishirō (1884-1966) and has over sixty thousand members, largely in the rural areas of Hokkaido and northern Honshu."

A private school run by the movement gained national attention for its use of the deprecated Imperial Rescript on Education in its curriculum. A part of the group's headquarters burned down on 21 March 2021.

Theology Shōroku Shintō Yamatoyama is a Shintō-derived religious movement that has been strongly influenced by Oomoto and eschatological thoughts potentially inspired from Augustinianism.Kisala, Robert (1999) p. 116. "Seichirō's eschatological beliefs and Yasusaburō's contact with Christian theology, as taught by Uchimura Kanzō, greatly influenced the Yamatomaya's doctrine, codified in the writings of Yasusaburō in the postwar period. The less than optimistic—one could say Augustinian—view of human nature alluded to above gives us a clear example of these influences." In 1920, the religion's founder had also spent three days at Oomoto's headquarters in Ayabe.

Charity operations The charity arm of Shōroku Shintō Yamatoyama works attentively through the organization, the Japanese Committee of the World Conference on Religion and Peace (WCRP/Japan).

With the help of the Nippon Foundation and WCRP/Japan, it funded the establishment of a leprosy treatment facility in Uiwang, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea on 24 September 1976. Tazawa Yasusaburo, the first leader of Shōroku Shintō Yamatoyama and the son of Tazawa Seishirō, initially suggested the mainstay Donate a Meal Campaign that is run by the WCRP/Japan.

Shōroku Shintō Yamatoyama

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