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Month: September 2024

Mitake-san Beginner-Friendly Hike

Posted on September 27, 2024April 30, 2025 by Marie Journals

If you’re looking for a beginner friendly dayhike, Mitake-san is perfect for you. Mount Mitake has long been worshipped as a sacred mountain. Mitake Shrine dates back to as early as 90 B.C., making it one of the oldest in Japan. Known in Japanese as anzan sugi, Mt. Mitake’s sacred cedar trees are believed to…

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Waterfalls Meditation: A Unique Experience To Do at Mitake-san (Part 1)

Posted on September 19, 2024May 6, 2025 by Marie Journals

I recently went on a waterfalls meditation/ sound healing retreat for my birthday. It was a very interesting experience for me because it’s my first time doing waterfalls medication and second time doing sound healing meditation. I saw a reel from Yamatrips Japan about waterfalls meditation at Seizan-so right about the time I was looking…

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Nabewari-yama to Tonodake Hiking Gone Wrong

Posted on September 18, 2024April 30, 2025 by Marie Journals

This is the hardest hike I’ve ever done in my life. SEP 07, 2024– We started our ascend at 8:30 and was supposed to be at Sonbutsu Sanso in Tonodake by 16:00 but we didn’t get there until 18:40. It was already dark and the last hour of ascend was just too hard for me…

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