YAMABUSHI
TRAVERSE TRAINING
The Yamabushi Traverse Training is a four-day experience for returning participants led by 13th-generation Master Hoshino including a traverse from Mt. Gassan down to Mt. Yudono.
AT A GLANCE
DURATION
Four days
INTENSITY
High
Physically and mentally demanding
DATES
2–5 August, 2027
WHO CAN JOIN
Past Yamabushi Masters and Ascent (Basic) participants only
PARTICIPATION FEE
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FOCUS
Training again under Master Hoshino centered on the traverse from Mt. Gassan to Mt. Yudono in a small group of returning participants
WHAT YOU EXPERIENCE
Traverse from Mt. Gassan to Mt. 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 strict silence and in full yamabushi robes.
A focused circle of returning participants. Everyone already knows what Yamabushi training is, so the time goes to practice rather than explanation. This is what lets three 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.
Those who simply feel they need to go back to the mountains, 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. Since your time in the mountains, 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
Yamabushi Traverse is four days to set things down on the mountain, and step back into life as a newer self.
ITINERARY
Day 1–3 (3–5 August)｜Training
Three days of yamabushi training under Master Hoshino, including the traverse from Mt. Gassan to Mt. Yudono, waterfall meditation and mountain rituals.
Day 4 (6 August)｜Reconnection
The training ends after morning prayers and a celebratory Naorai feast.
TRAINING INCLUDES
Shojin Ryori plant-based ascetic cuisine
Bilingual Yamabushi and staff support throughout
Structured digital detox from everyday life
Small group of returning participants only
All accomodation, transport, and meals
Prayer at Dewa Sanzan Shrine
Memorial and commemoration services available upon request
UPCOMING TRAININGS
3-6 August, 2027
This is a new training, launching in 2027. If you are interested, please contact us.
WHICH TRAINING IS RIGHT FOR YOU?
Includes practice in complete silence and in full yamabushi robes under Dewa Sanzan yamabushi masters.
TRAIN AS YAMABUSHI
Five-day training led by yamabushi sendatsu.
Seven-day training led by Master Hoshino.
Four-day Gassan-Yudono traverse led by Master Hoshino.
Walk the mountains alongside Dewa Sanzan yamabushi and take part in practices from their training.
TRAIN WITH YAMABUSHI
Three-day group training led by yamabushi and Zen masters.
Seven-day private training led by yamabushi and Zen masters.
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