Poster of Cast and Crew in Hometown Stories - Season 1 - Episode 3 - A Millennium of Prayers

Hometown Stories - Season 1 - A Millennium of Prayers (Episode 3)

Plot: This program shows how ancient religious practices survive on the Kunisaki Peninsula in Oita Prefecture, regarded as the home of the Buddha, and long known as a site for ascetic mountain training. Last year, during a "Mineiri" religious austerity being practiced for the first time in a decade, around 20 ascetics dressed in white made a pilgrimage that included crossing ten mountain ridges
Episode Aired On:
Sunday, February 20 2011
13 years ago