The sacred shrine of the stars, nestled nicely in the far corners of the Southern Alps, surrounded on all sides by tall mountains and cliff faces or by thick groves of pine trees and forest. On one edge of the small circular clearing rests a fairly sharp, rocky hill with a long line of steps carved out of the front, leading up to a tall wooden gate and, beyond that, the mouth of a cave. A cave lit with sacred candles and a cave that hides Japan's most powerful secrets.