Yama Kami

Kami, in many Japanese/English dictionaries, is often translated as god, -but that's way off the mark. Kami are closer to the elemental spirits of the west than anything else, -but not exactly the same. So! We were climbing this mountain when we came across this little shrine. Now kami is among the over 30000 kanji (Chinese pictographs) that I don't now, -but as soon as I saw it I knew it was the mountain spirit's shrine!