We are in the midst of our trainings for 2024, so we thought we would share a few photos as well as insights from our participants.

In June, we hosted our first Basic Yamabushi Training for this year. Here are some shots from that experience:

Uketamo, the philosophy of the yamabushi of north Japan, is about just that; acceptance. The Yamabushi understand that acceptance is the key to living a good life. And getting out into the mountains is the first step in understanding Uketamo. 

If you’re looking for the chance to truly refresh, the chance to rid yourself of the impurities of the last few years, we couldn’t think of a better way than through yamabushi training.

Yamabushido Team undertook a refresher Mountain First Aid course run by The Association for Mountain Medical Rescue in Toyama.

Earlier in February, Tim from The Yamabushido Team featured in this long-form interview on Unpacking Japan. The conversation gives a good overview of yamabushi in the modern age and how training in the ways of the yamabushi can change your life for the better. 

On New Year’s Eve, Tak, Rick, and Tim from The Yamabushido Team were in charge of pulling a giant mound of burning straw across a snowy field, marking the ritualistic death of an evil demon said to bring about death and disease.

Yamabushido team