YAMABUSHI
TRAVERSE TRAINING
New training for returning participants.
Four days with 13th‑generation Yamabushi Master Hoshino and, traversing the ridgeline of Gassan down to Yudono.
AT A GLANCE
DURATION
7days, 6nights
INTENSITY
High
Physically and mentally demanding
DATE
3–6 August, 2027
WHO CAN JOIN
Past participants only
PARTICIPATION FEE
460,000 JPY
( About USD 2,900 )
FOCUS
Training again under Master Hoshino, centered on the traverse from Gassan to Yudono and on purification, in a small group of returning participants
WHAT YOU EXPERIENCE
Traverse from Gassan to Yudono. Cross the ridgeline of Mt. Gassan and descend to Mt. Yudono, a route that is not part of the Masters Yamabushi Training.
Train directly under 13th‑generation Yamabushi Master Hoshino in a setting that feels like a Dojo — strict yet warm — together with a small group of participants who are serious about meaningful change.
Practice-based: It’s important to note that while prayer, chanting, and meditation are a key and consistent component of the program there is no obligation or pressure to subscribe to Shugendo, Buddhism, or Shinto as a religion.
A focused circle of returning participants. Everyone already knows the forms of the mountain, so the time goes to practice rather than explanation. This is what lets four days go deep.
WHO THIS TRAINING IS FOR
Past participants of Yamabushido trainings.
Those who feel that what they found on the mountain is fading in the noise of daily life.
Those at a turning point, ready to set things down and begin the next chapter afresh.
Those who simply feel they need to go back to that mountain, even if they can’t clearly explain why.
WHAT YOU GAIN
Time to set down what you have been carrying, and return to daily life with a clean slate
A chance to revisit what you received in your first training, in the light of where your life is now
The confidence of a body that has completed the traverse, and bonds with others who know the same mountains
PURIFY AND RENEW
WITH MASTER HOSHINO
In Yamabushi training, all prayers begin with purification. We collect impurities simply by living our daily lives, and since you came down from the mountain, life has done what life does. Master Hoshino doesn’t see this as failure. It is simply how people are, and the reason the mountains are there.
"In Japan, there is a cycle of purification. Purification is always the act of removing your impurities and making yourself new. Purified, you always go forward as a new self.” -Master Hoshino
Nothing is added. What was covered is uncovered.
Yamabushi Traverse is four days to set things down on the mountain, and walk back into your life as yourself.
TRAINING INCLUDES
Guidance from 13th generation Master Yamabushi
Traverse from Mt. Gassan to Mt. Yudono
Waterfall Meditation and related mountain rituals
Shojin Ryori (ascetic cuisine) with Mindful Eating
Bilingual Yamabushi and staff support throughout
Structured digital detox from everyday life
Small group of returning participants only
All accomodation, transport, and meals
WHICH TRAINING IS RIGHT FOR YOU?
UPCOMING TRAININGS
This is a new training, launching in 2027 as a pilot. If you are interested, please feel free to contact us.
3-6 August, 2027
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