Pilgrimage to Taiseki-ji Head Temple, draws adherents of Nichiren Shoshu from all over the world annually through group trips, planned by local branch temples, and individual trips. Pilgrimage, within Nichiren Shoshu, to the Head Temple Taiseki-ji at the base of Mt. Fuji is called, Tozan, literally meaning to climb the mountain. Practitioners make Tozan with the purpose of going to worship the Dai-Gohonzon. Nichiren Shoshu has encouraged pilgrimage to Taiseki-ji since its establishment. Making Tozan is considered a core aspect of the practice of Nichiren Buddhism within the Nichiren Shoshu sect. Nichikan Shonin, the twenty-sixth High Priest of Nichiren Shoshu, described the sect's teaching on the benefits of visiting the Dai-Gohonzon, enshrined at Taiseki-ji, as follows: