Japan Deep Dive Essays: Insights into Rural Japanese Life

These Japan Deep Dive Essays offer a unique look at the hidden corners of Japanese culture, from ancient mountain rituals to the eccentricities of daily life in rural Yamagata. This collection of over 80 posts documents my personal journey not only as a Yamabushi, but as a resident Yamagatan, providing an authentic, often humorous, and always deep perspective on the Japan that exists beyond the tourist trails.

The posts are very wide-ranging, as that’s how my brain works. 99% of them are Japan or yamabushi-related.

Want something yamabushi? Check these out:

• Uketamo: The Philosophy to Live by
• What do Yamabushi do? What does it mean to be a Yamabushi?
• The Badass Fudomyo’o: Your new Favourite Buddhist Deity
• How a Yamabushi Mountain Ascetic Brought Me To Tears
• What The Mountains of Japan Taught Me

Want something completely out of the blue, but still Japan related? Check these out:

• My Japanese Hotel Rookie Mistake
• Why Do Japanese People Call Axolotls “Wooper Looper”?
• Don’t Trust the Chrysanthemums.
• Searching for your Ikigai? Read this first: A Yamabushi Take on Ikigai
• The Slow Demise of The Japanese City
  

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