Participants Train to Discipline Their Mind, Body in Japan’s Yamagata Prefecture
Clad in traditional yamabushi attire, tense-looking participants step deliberately along a cedar-lined mountain path toward the summit, during an ascetic training program at Dewa Sanzan Shrine in Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture.
In Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, a group of participants engaged in an ascetic training program at Dewa Sanzan Shrine in Tsuruoka. Clad in traditional yamabushi attire, the participants, appearing tense, walked along a cedar-lined mountain path towards the summit. The training kicked off on Mt. Haguro in the city on Wednesday and will continue until September 1.
The aim of this rigorous practice is to purify and discipline both mind and body. A total of 132 individuals participated in this year's event, comprising four foreign nationals from countries like Britain and Australia.
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