Yamabushi mountain ascetics praying at the Yakiyama Kōjindō (八鬼山荒神堂), a modest chapel enshrining the fire & hearth deity Sanbō-Kōjin (三宝荒神) at the top of Yakiyama Mountain (八鬼山) in Owase, Mie Prefecture
Photo from a November 5, 2022 article in the Chunichi Shimbun













