DJ tent
Torii gate for Jyoumine Shrine, besides which the dancefloor was placed
Kou and Me
Dawn from the dancefloor
Dawn starts to blur the nocturnal party energy
Chai Pavillion
People dancing by the torii
Morning advances
Party people enter the light
Jyoumine Shrine
Alexander and random party people
The summit of Jyoumine-san, complete with mobile phone tower
Scary guardian dogs of the shrine
Party from the slope above
Party as seen from inside the shrine grounds, can you imagine a better location for a psytrance party?
I think this is a fox spirit statue, it was inside the shrine
View from a cave on the side of the mountain
Some kind of Shinto symbol inside previous cave
Chain to access cave
Forrest on the side of the Mountain
This rope purifies the path to ascend the mountain summit
40km to somewhere, 10.3 k from somewher
Small shrine at the mountain's summit
Jyoumine-san Summit. 1037.720m
Small shrine above the main shrine on the way up the mountain
Apparently some warrior of the Heike period fled to this mountain following his defeat, this sign says something about it but I can't read it.
May the People of the Earth be in Peace
Correct Translation of the previous pillar, the other side
The main Jyoumine-san shrine without blurriness
Luke and Ryusuke
?, Yuuko and Kou
Resting in the shadow of scary guardian dogs. Guarding my soul from disintegration with their celestial scariness.
Some kind of moss covered sacred area. It's hard to make out any of the characters but people recognise the general vibe and leave offerings.
Preparing the cooked rice for making mochi, Japanese rice cake
Dana, BrainBusters organiser, pounds the mochi while the old woman who is caretaker for the campground leaps back
Obaachan leans into adjust the rice mass, ready for the next blow. Watch out Obaachan (Granny).
I pound the rice mass with wooden mallet.
The journey home ...