National GeographicFeb 6, 2019A reverent ascentEvery summer, thousands of people gather on the slopes of Mount Fuji and climb skyward to meet the constellations. Sculpted by millennia of eruptions into graceful symmetry, its power is easily ...3 things in this storyShugen-dōPlaceearly mountain-based faith, practitioners called yamabushiFujikōPlace16th-century sect emphasizing mass pilgrimagegoraikoPlacespecial Japanese word for sunrise from Mount FujiRead the full piece at National Geographic →
