In 1872, Shugendo sect was abolished, and Shugendo practitioners were ordered to either join the Tendai or Shingon sect, become Shinto priests, or become secular. This coercion extended to religious beliefs as well, and the syncretism of Shinto and Buddhism led to the elimination of gongen and goryoshin, and the common goal was to "return to the ancient Japanese gods" as described in the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki.

On the famous sacred Mount Tsukuba, Chuzenji Temple, a center of faith, was completely destroyed and replaced with Tsukuba Mountain Shrine, which enshrines the deities Izanagi and Izanami. As a result, the once prosperous Tsukuba temple town lost its visitors and disappeared.

The same was true of sacred Mount Towada. The Towada chief priest at the time, the Oda clan, renamed Jukanji Temple Towada Shrine, moved Seiryu Daigongen outside, and requested that Emperor Yamato Takeru be enshrined as the deity, but this was not accepted, and in 1873, the shrine was merged with Silla Shrine in Oze (enshrining several deities in the same place), and the main hall was demolished.

Two years later, the shrine was allowed to reopen, and a modest shrine building was built on the site of the former hall, enshrining the main deity, Emperor Yamato Takeru. However, Towada faith suffered a major blow.

After that, times began to change.

With the development of the Towada Silver Mine, the population grew from several hundred to one thousand, and the town continued to change over time. → The town went through logging, development, and fish farming of virgin forests, followed by hydroelectric power generation, and then, at the end of the Meiji period, the town entered the age of tourism with the "full-scale promotion of Towada tourism."

In the midst of this, the Oda clan, the chief priests of Towada Shrine, moved from Oirase to Yasumiya, where they provided pilgrims with huts under their management to thank them, and opened Yasumiya's first inn. At the same time, they devoted all their efforts to preserving the history and culture of the sacred mountain of Towada, which was gradually disappearing, and have overcome hardships to this day.

The role that Towada Shrine played at the time in preserving the tradition of Towada faith and its achievements will be passed on to the future through the people who come to pray, make supplications, and offer offerings .