At a monastery outside Tokyo, the path to enlightenment is paved with burning embers
No 106
Every year, on the second Sunday of March, an unusual procession leaves Takao-san Yakuo-in, an 8th-century temple located about 50 km (30 miles) west of Tokyo. Monks dressed in white robes and black caps march to the sound of conch-shell horns while reciting mantras, in solemn preparation for the ritual of hi-watari: “fire-walking.”It takes place in the shadow of...
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- Photographer - Pauline Forge / Public Lens Tokyo
- Text - Isabelle Despert-Okumura
 west of Tokyo. Monks dressed in white robes and black caps march to the sound of conch-shell horns whi...)
