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No problem; if you climb Gassan-san (I was there too late in the season), don't forget to post some comments, pictures on the forum Wink

Dear Yamashita,

If you are looking at information about yamabushi, I think that checking wikipedia page is a good idea; they surely know more than me about that subject.

When we went there, we f ...

Welcome Savannah, here it comes, the last part about temple lodging...

245If you want to learn about Japanese religion, observe a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony, or stay in a wonderful, friendly pl ...

Thanks very much for the information about the mummies Sanji, and I'm very happy that even with my bad Japanese, I understood quite well the explanation of the monk over there.

238So, now the third ...

After visiting Yodono-san, we went in direction of Gassan. As I said before, the season was already close for the mountain, but as you will read, there are also interesting things to see around. So he ...

As promised, the first part will be dedicated to Yodono-san, but first a small comment: as I said in the introduction, the climbing season for some of the mountains was already over, so we could not g ...

Dewa sanzan are three sacred mountains, and one of the most beautiful places in Japan. They are situated in Yamagata prefecture, and if you want to climb them all, summer is the season to go: I went t ...