Festivals and Events - Dewa Sanzan

FESTIVALS AND EVENTS

Explore all the festivals and events on the Dewa Sanzan calendar.

The Shoreisai Festival on Mt. Haguro

The Shoreisai Festival on Mt. Haguro

Dewa Sanzan Mt. Haguro Five Storied Pagoda Light Up at night

Mt. Haguro Five Story Pagoda Light Up

Hassaku Festival on Mt. Haguro of the Dewa Sanzan

Dewa Sanzan Hassaku Festival on Mt. Haguro

Dewa Sanzan Flower Festival on Mt. Haguro

Dewa Sanzan Flower Festival

Mt. Chokai amongst the autumn leaves seen from Mt. Gassan of the Dewa Sanzan

Autumn on the Dewa Sanzan

Mt. Haguro

Mt. Gassan

Mt. Yudono

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It’s amazing what a difference a little backgrou

It’s amazing what a difference a little background knowledge makes. These are the shrine gates to Mt. Yudono shrine. Right next to them are two large buildings, one a tourist centre, the other a restaurant/ ryokan / Shukubo type building with its own altar for gomakito fire prayers. But on the opposite side, if you look closely you can see caves in the rock on the hill.This whole area, called the Swamp of the Immortals, was where Yamabushi and trainee Sokushinbutsu, those who would later become Buddha mummies, came to do their ascetic training.A lot of that training involved walking between here and Churenji or Dainichibo Ryusuiji temples in nearby Oami multiple times a day, including during the heavy snow of winter.Most visitors to this shrine go straight past this place and up to the object of worship at the top of the hill. But if they spent a little bit of time around this area, who knows what secrets they would uncover. You can learn more about this place at dewasanzan.com/mtyudono.#dewasanzan #thedewasanzan #threemountainsofdewa #yudono #yudonosan
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Mt. Gassan represents the world of the afterlife i

Mt. Gassan represents the world of the afterlife in the Dewa Sanzan pilgrimage of rebirth, but this peak is very much alive. For centuries, the people of the Shonai region have visited this mountain, climbing up nearly 2000m to do so, to pay their respects to those they have lost, but also to pray for a safe journey for themselves when they do come to pass. Climbing this mountain is therefore a good opportunity to offer your appreciation to those who we could not be here without. See dewasanzan.com/mtgassan for more.#dewasanzan #gassan #mtgassan #gassanjinja #gassanshrine #mtchokai #chokai #pilgrimageofrebirth #northjapan #gonorthjapan #northjapantravel #tohokutravel #traveltohoku #tohokujapan #yamabushi #yamabushido #shugendo #shugenja #mindfulness #mindfulnessmeditation #mindfulnesspractice #appreciation #gratitude #yamagatayama #yamagata #yamagataprefecture #yamagataken #100famousmountainsinyamagata #100famousmountainsinjapan #japantravelphotoPhotos by @tsgbunting

The Dewa Sanzan are home to the Yamabushi mountain

The Dewa Sanzan are home to the Yamabushi mountain monks. These monks follow the ancient Japanese belief of Shugendo, which is a combination of esoteric Buddhism, Taoism, Shintoism, and primitive nature worship that began over 1500 years ago. The main belief of Haguro Shugendo, the type followed on the Dewa Sanzan, is Uketamo, a philosophy that developed over centuries of Yamabushi training on these very mountains. You can learn more about Uketamo by paying a (virtual, for now) visit to the folks in the @yamabushi.do team.#yamabushi #yamabushido #yamabushitraining #dewasanzan #thedewasanzan #esotericbuddhism #shintoism #taoism #natureworship #ancientjapan #ancientcivilazation #indigenous #indigenousbeliefs #kinbosan #mtkinbo #kinbo #mindfulness #meditation #mindfulnessmeditation #mindfulnesspractice #traininginnature #natureistheteacher #putyourselfinnature #tsuruoka #yamagata #northjapan #yamagatajapan #tohoku #tohokutravel

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