B06Tang
Cafe Racer
Osorezan, Japan is one of the three holiest sites of Japan and was founded in the ninth century by the great Buddhist master, Jikaku, En'nin. En'nin was studying Buddhism in China and had a dream that he was told to go eastward when he returned to Japan where he will find a sacred mountain that is a thirty days walk from Kyoto. En'nin traveled to the Shimokita peninsula (referred to me in other threads as the hatchet) and found the holy site of Osorezan; next to lake Usori and next to that are eight peaks: Mount Kamafuse, Ozukushi, Kazukushi, Hokkoku, Byobu, Tsurugi, Jizo, and Keito. The significance of eight peaks is significant to Buddhism as it shows the eight pedals of the lotus flower which is the symbol of the world of Buddha.
This location is considered a portal to the afterlife. One of these portals is to hell. En'nin followed the Jizo belief at Osorezan which is a vow to suffer hell himself to alleviate the pain of those condemned to hell, to free human beings from the illusions of life and death in this world, and to lead even heavenly beings of the purer world into eternal salvation. It was clear...Bonnie and I were on a trip to the gates of hell!!
I could see why 1200 years ago, this location was considered something of the supernatural...it is not only the lake but there is a sulfur spring deep in the ground and the smell of rotten eggs is everywhere. With that though are natural hot springs sporadically all over the place, water and mud boiling from the ground, and the terrain being drastically altered to stone and rubble when everything else in the region is lush and green. In other words...a very fucking cool ride!!! :beer::motorbike2:
Another portal to hell:
This location is considered a portal to the afterlife. One of these portals is to hell. En'nin followed the Jizo belief at Osorezan which is a vow to suffer hell himself to alleviate the pain of those condemned to hell, to free human beings from the illusions of life and death in this world, and to lead even heavenly beings of the purer world into eternal salvation. It was clear...Bonnie and I were on a trip to the gates of hell!!
I could see why 1200 years ago, this location was considered something of the supernatural...it is not only the lake but there is a sulfur spring deep in the ground and the smell of rotten eggs is everywhere. With that though are natural hot springs sporadically all over the place, water and mud boiling from the ground, and the terrain being drastically altered to stone and rubble when everything else in the region is lush and green. In other words...a very fucking cool ride!!! :beer::motorbike2:
Another portal to hell:
