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The Shakujo Staff: Half Ritualistic, Half Bear Bell, 100% Yamabushi

The sacred staff that protects, purifies, and quite possibly saves your life.

April 19, 2025∙ Paid

A reader kindly asked me to write about Shakujo staffs, one of the tools of the yamabushi. If you’d love me to explore anything yamabushi or even remotely Japan-related, you can leave a comment on Kiwiyamabushi.com or reach out in the chat section there. Alternatively, just reply to this email and I’ll see what I can do.

So let’s talk about Shakujo.

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