[Mountain Pilgrimage] Exploring the significance of praying to the gods who live in the mountains {Part 2: Yakushima Life & People}

What to do when you wake up every morning.
It means looking up at the rocky mountain towering high into the sky above the Onomada village where we live.
 
The nearly 1000m high bare granite rock of Mocchomu-dake (Motofugaku) ​​rises sharply from the coast and stands before me. To be honest, it's size and shape are so impressive that I can't see anything but Mocchomu-dake.
 
Yes, there sits a creation of nature that we humans could never possibly imitate.

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