The view from Takao, the highest spot within Tokyo, takes in a magnificent forest stretching away across the mountain ridges to the north and the south and the towers of Shinjuku. I really feel like I’m flying above the city when I’m up there. At one of the taikais, a yamabushi’s costume was displayed in [...]
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高尾山 火渡りまつり Mt. Takao Fire Walk Ceremony
Posted in black pyjamas, change, Japanophilia, Shugendo, Tokyo on March 12, 2008 |