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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 |
  Mount Osore  Mount Osore (Japan) | |
| Geographic coordinates | 41°19′37.39″N 141°5′24.97″E / 41.3270528°N 141.0902694°E |
| 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.
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