yamagata day 2

Managed to get a couple of hours sleep, though I think the party last night raged until about 3 or 4 in the morning.
Didn't get up in time for the purification ceremony down the hall, but the thumping taiko drum woke me up.
Gray and drizzly, and the mountains were wrapped in mist as we drove up to Hagurosan.
Once again we entered the main shrine and did a short purification ceremony, and then Niina-gosoke did a small demo in the innner main hall as an offering to the shrine.
Once again we went next door and practiced for a couple of hours. It was pretty cool, actually, with the sound of the rain and all the doors open to forest and shrine grounds.
Exhausted, we got back on the bus about noon, drove into town for lunch, and then started back to Tokyo.
Traffic was light and we made it to Tokyo Station just at 9:30pm.

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