SCHEDULE

Day 1 (27 May 2016)

Pilgrimage to Mount Koshikidake
Misogi training waterfall purification
for the removal of impurities from
mind and body
All-night recitation service
Midnight misogi

Day 2 (28 May 2016)

Practice and prepare for Saito-Goma
(fire ritual) ceremony.
Ajikan meditation instruction
Border-crossing initiation
All-night Hannya Shingyo recitation

Day 3 (29 May 2016)

Saito-Goma ceremony.
Return to temple for post-training
dinner and celebration
INFORMATION FOR PARTICIPANTS
During mountain training, the foods are
not allowed. Between rituals, almost all
participants perform various prayers
or practice misogi waterfall training
without sleeping.
Dress properly for mountain-climbing
and the outdoors. Colors should be
plain ideally white, to keep bugs
off. You should carry a knapsack with
spare clothing.
Plans may change if the weather
changes.
The cost of the retreat is 35,000.

TO GET TO MT. KOSHIKIDAKE

(HAGASHINE):
Take the Yamagata Shinkasen from JR
Tokyo Station and get off at Sakuranbo-
Higashine Station. Participants should
arrange to arrive no later than the 26th
of May.