Yamagata’s Secluded Secret: Takatori-yama
A brisk hike in the mountains west of Nakayama Town
On Tuesday I stayed at Gassan Tsutaya for a get-together for Yamagata yamabushi, and on Wednesday I hit up Takatori-yama, which I think is number #36 on my 100 Famous Mountains of Yamagata list.
Spoiler alert: Takatori-yama is nothing special. At all really. But it is close to Iwaya Juhachiya Kannon1, a place that does fire-walking ceremonies and was a t…
