{"id":4360,"date":"2017-12-11T20:45:38","date_gmt":"2017-12-11T11:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/?p=4360"},"modified":"2017-12-11T21:46:00","modified_gmt":"2017-12-11T12:46:00","slug":"yatsuyama-a-verified-mountain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/11\/yatsuyama-a-verified-mountain\/","title":{"rendered":"Yatsuyama — a verified mountain"},"content":{"rendered":"

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For the thousandth time, I’ve been asked is Yatsuyama, rising to a mighty 108 meters above sea level, really a mountain—if a person can say, without being deceptive, that after climbing to the top she has indeed been mountain climbing.<\/p>\n

Yes, that eternal question: Is it a mountain?<\/p>\n

Well, I cannot possibly put forth all the evidence in a single blog post, so I will just make a few points—and encourage you to check out the alleged “summit” for yourself and make your own judgement.<\/p>\n

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Point 1: Would there be guides along the way, encouraging you, saying, “You can do it, you can make it to the MOUNTAIN TOP, keep going!”—if it weren’t a mountain?<\/p>\n

Point 2: Would it be called YatsuYAMA if it weren’t a mountain?<\/p>\n

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Point 3: Would there be both a shrine at the foot and a shrine at the top, both the homes of mountain spirits if it weren’t a mountain?<\/p>\n

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Point 4: Would you feel as light as you do were it not a mountain?<\/p>\n

Point 5: Only 108 meters, you say. What on earth does that have to do with it, I reply. Why, I once saw a cicada nymph that had just clawed its way out from the ground, its head stood above the ground no more than a millimeter or two—and let me to you exactly what its expression said: MAN, THAT WAS A HELL OF A MOUNTAIN.<\/p>\n

Point 6: On Yatsuyama, as with other mountains, you soon discover that your eyes have become your ears—and that you are\u00a0 taking tremendous joy in listening—only in listening.<\/p>\n

All right, enough of this nonsense, up we go, up from Gokoku Shrine, up the side of the MOUNTAIN, along the ridge, to the SUMMIT, down to the Kiyomizu Temple.<\/p>\n

Listen.<\/p>\n

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