It’s Always There All Along: My Origin Story Evolves

Written in the hills

Somewhere in the hills of Yamagata. I believe it is near Sabane-yama on the border of Funagata and Obanazawa.

Last week I shared an interview I had with my fellow master yamabushi and oftentimes mentor Takeharu. I shared that the hill I grew up on, the place I hung out pretty much every day, was named Pukeatua, ‘hill of the Gods’.

Well, Curious Ordinary pointed out some…