Walking Sacred Mountains with a Yamabushi ascetic monk in Yamagata
For over 1,500 years, Yamabushi, ascetic monk, have walked spiritual mountains in Yamagata.
Over mountains, through forests, across rivers, and under waterfalls, Yamabushi Experience is an opportunity to get in touch with nature, mountains and the spiritual route of life. Truly a great retreat to enhance your mindfulness and a chance to restore your body and spirit. It’s an unforgettable challenge of self-development and self-discovery.
The Three Mountains of Dewa is the collective name for Mt. Haguro, Mt. Gassan, and Mt. Yudono, and it has been said that one can be born again by visiting the three mountains. Shugendo, literally "the path of training to achieve spiritual powers" is a synthesis of mountain worship, esoteric Buddhism and Shinto. The religion's Yamabushi, an ascetic monk or a mountain priest, is considered to have supernatural powers.
Over mountains, through forests, across rivers, and under waterfalls, Yamabushi Experience is an opportunity to get in touch with nature, mountains and the spiritual route of life. Truly a great retreat to enhance your mindfulness and a chance to restore your body and spirit. It’s an unforgettable challenge of self-development and self-discovery.
The Three Mountains of Dewa is the collective name for Mt. Haguro, Mt. Gassan, and Mt. Yudono, and it has been said that one can be born again by visiting the three mountains. Shugendo, literally "the path of training to achieve spiritual powers" is a synthesis of mountain worship, esoteric Buddhism and Shinto. The religion's Yamabushi, an ascetic monk or a mountain priest, is considered to have supernatural powers.
