Mountain
Japan is a long and narrow island country, but there are high mountains all over the country, including the Northern Alps, which are over 3,000 meters high. Near my house is Mt. Daisen, an independent peak that is popular as one of the few mountains in Japan that can be climbed in the middle of winter. This mountain, which has a shape similar to Mt. Fuji, has been the object of mountain worship since ancient times, and many temples and shrines were built at its base. These mountains are places where you can clearly feel the change of seasons and weather, but they are also mountains of ``impermanence'' that sometimes take lives. Mountains, which have been objects of faith and art since ancient times, have a variety of expressions of "beauty" and are very attractive, but at the same time they are also a place for training in how to reach and capture that "beauty".
日本は細長い島国ですが各地に高い山があり、中には「北アルプス」などの3000ｍを超える山並みもあります。私の家の近くにも日本では数少ない「真冬に登山できる山」として人気のある独立峰の「大山」があります。富士山に似た形状のこの山は古くから山岳信仰の対象で、麓には多くの寺社が建立されました。これらの山は季節の移ろいや気象の変化が明確に感じられる場でもありますが、時に命を奪う「無常」の山でもあります。古より信仰と芸術の対象であった山々には様々な「美」の表情があり、とても魅力的であると同時に、いかにその「美」までたどり着き、捉えられるかの修行の場でもあります。