ナショナルジオグラフィックのインスタグラム(natgeo) - 6月11日 00時39分

Photography by @ジョン・スタンメイヤー

Sacred Water ~ Deep in prayer, embraced in water, a Shinto Misogi ceremony under the Nanayo no Taki waterfall, cascading down from Mount Mitake. This sacred waterfall is located in a remote mountain side outside of Tokyo around 1.5 kilometers from the Musashi Mitake Jinja Shrine.

This ceremony is often revisited in my mind's eye. When working on the @ナショナルジオグラフィック #SacredWater story, a winding, 30 minute walk along an enchanting forest trail lead to sounds of rushing waters. At first sight, it appeared magical, evolving further into a beautiful, mystically spiritual event as one by one each person, in reverence, only donning sashes, entered the chilling water, falling immensely into prayer.

Be sure to follow the editing of a National Geographic story over on my #snapchat account, @stanmeyer.

All my best,

@ジョン・スタンメイヤー

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