竹伐り会式 Bamboo Cutting Ritual at Kurama Temple HD

A temple with an interesting history that can be traced back to a single hermitage founded by a Chinese monk in 770, Kuramadera in northern Kyoto is nestled in the ancient forests and set partway up Mount Kurama. Formally a Tendai sect Buddhist temple, they formed their own school, Kuramakōkyō, in 1947 in order to return to their roots. The object of worship at Kuramadera is the trinity Sonten composed of Bishamonten, the Thousandarmed Kannon, and Gohōmaōson, who are said to be a power of decending fro