[Wakayama, Nachikatsuura] A natural stream is used as a cold water bath. A unique tent sauna experience that combines Zen and sauna!

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• Enjoy an outdoor sauna experience using the clear Ota River, a river that, like Japan's largest waterfall, originates in the Nachi Primeval Forest, as a cold bath. The venue, Daitaiji Temple, is a 1,200-year-old sacred site of Yakushi, where you can also experience zazen and sutra copying. Listen to a staff sermon on the close relationship between Zen and saunas and write your wishes on a goma stick. Throw your own goma stick into the wood stove and perform a loyly to Jizo statue with your wish. Experience a rejuvenating experience as you reflect on your state of mind through Zen. It's only 30 seconds from your tent to the river, one of the shortest distances in the Kansai region! The river is deep enough to immerse your head, and shallow enough to lie down in. The cold bath never dries up, even in winter, making it truly miraculous. Because it flows, there's no need to splash yourself with water. You can even dive directly into the river from the sauna. ~Schedule~ 1. Check in at the reception desk at the main entrance 5 minutes before the meeting time. Confirm the location for the sermon and changing room. 2. At the venue, listen to a sermon on the deep relationship between Zen and saunas. 3) Write your wish on a goma stick and pay your respects at the Yakushido Hall, where the principal image is enshrined. Change clothes and head to the river. 4) Throw the goma stick into the wood stove, make your wish, and perform a loyly ritual before the Jizo statue. 5) If you get too hot, dive into the river without splashing water on yourself. 6) Purify yourself in the clear Ota River, which has the same water source as Nachi Falls. 7) Once your body is in shape, listen to the birdsong in the gentle breeze and calm your mind as well.
• Zen and saunas go together perfectly!
• The Japanese bathing habit originated from the steam baths of Zen temples. Bathing was apparently a form of training to wash away impurities. Indeed, while in a sauna, it feels as though all desire, anger, and worries disappear. This state of mind is similar to the Zen concept of "no-self." If you can understand the true nature of "state of mind" through zazen and be able to recreate it in your daily life, your everyday life will look completely different!
• An exquisite experience only possible in the sacred land of Kumano!
• Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya. Kumano is a land far away from major metropolitan areas. Kumano means "remote place." However, it is precisely because of its remoteness that untouched nature remains. Since ancient times, people have seen gods in this dynamic natural landscape, including untouched nature and mountains so rugged that it is difficult for people to live there. In Kumano, gods reside in the trees, rivers, and stones. Kumano has been a "land of resurrection" since ancient times. This "resurrection experience" can only be found here.
• Zen saunas also create a good environment.
• The firewood used in the Zen Sauna comes from local trees that have been cut down to prevent disasters. Unlike conifers, brushwood needs to be cut down regularly to control its height. Trees that grow larger than necessary are susceptible to the effects of wind and can fall over, blocking roads, or their roots can crack the ground and cause landslides. Your sauna experience will help to improve the natural and mountain environment, and contribute to preventing disasters from occurring.