Appreciation from the Mountains

The mountains are my school - Master Hoshino

I spent Wednesday to Friday on the Dewa Sanzan mountains helping Master Hoshino lead a yamabushido training.

Gassan was at its worst. Or best, depending on how you look at it. Besides us, there was one other group that turned around, and then only two (or maybe three?) other people on the whole mountain. Including one guy in shorts who was beaming from …