Archive - Kiwi Yamabushi

A few shots from winter in Yamagata, Japan

Daily Yamabushi for week of January 24 to 30, 2025

Feb 3

January 2025

The mystical mountain men of Japan

Featuring The Legend of how Japan's most famous mountain man couldn't quite handle it

Jan 26

The Land of The Rising Moon-Sun

How Japan switched from a Lunisolar to a Gregorian Calendar. Or tried to, at least.

Jan 20

Daily Yamabushi for The Week January 3 to 9, 2025

Put simply, I didn’t have enough time this week to make a lighthearted post about Japan as I always try to do.

Jan 13

Yamabushi Gear Explainer: The Futodasuki Sash

The vermillion and white sash represents yin and yang, the vast cosmos and the natural world.

Jan 6

December 2024

Yukidaruma: The Japanese Art of Always Building Snowmen With Two Balls Instead of Three Because Why Waste Your Time and Energy?

You had me at 'Japanese art'.

Dec 29, 2024

Daily Yamabushi for This Week

December 12 to 19, 2024

Dec 23, 2024

Mountains and the people of Yamagata

How the mountains (Yama) make (Gata) the man

Dec 13, 2024

The Town of Dual Dragons

And the legends they created.

Dec 8, 2024

The Dragon Deity and Japan’s Number One Rice

How a Dragon Kami gave us the best rice in Japan.

Dec 2, 2024

November 2024

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