The mystical mountain men of Japan
Featuring The Legend of how Japan's most famous mountain man couldn't quite handle it
How Haguro Shugendo fits in
We Yamabushi practice Shugendo, the do 道, path or way, of gaining supernatural powers, gen 験, through ascetic practice shu 修. Put simply, it’s the practical nature of Shugendo that makes Shugendo Shugendo.
In other words, unlike organised religions1 with written doc…
