Kia ora Koutou, Tim Bunting, Kiwi Yamabushi here on the Japan you never knew you wanted to know.
This week I’m a bit preoccupied.
I’m on a mountain.
The Dewa Sanzan mountains:
Haguro-san, Gassan, and Yudono-san.
Famous for this:
And Yamabushi training:
Daily Yamabushi for This Week
Daily Yamabushi posts for the week of August 23 to 29, 2024.
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This is the only time I don’t write my daily blogs on the day. I’m not actually sure this will work but for what it’s worth, here are my daily yamabushi posts for this week.
Let me know if it works by sending up smoke signals or something from central Tsuruoka.
Mountains of Wisdom: Tell Your Friends!

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Ka kite ano.
Tim.
If you’re reading this I’m on the mountains— seriously cool!
When will the snow start to fall? Start to accumulate?