Mount Osore

Osore-zan Bodai-ji
恐山 菩提寺
Grounds of Bodai-ji
Religion
Affiliation	Buddhism
Sect	Sōtō Zen
Deity	Jizō Bosatsu
Location
Location	3-2 Tanabu Usoriyama, Mutsu-shi, Aomori-ken
Country	Japan
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Geographic coordinates	41°19′37.39″N 141°5′24.97″E / 41.3270528°N 141.0902694°E / 41.3270528; 141.0902694
Architecture
Founder	Ennin
Date established	862

Mount Osore (恐山, Osore-zan) is the name of a Buddhist temple and folk religion pilgrimage destination in the center of remote Shimokita Peninsula of Aomori Prefecture, in the northern Tōhoku region of northern Japan. The temple is located in the caldera of an active volcano and is believed in Japanese mythology to be one of the gates to the underworld.