The weekend away that'll turn you into a superhero

Wed, 12/14/2011 - 04:55 — Anonymous We've all seen it. It's one of the
most iconic images in Japan -- a white-robed holy man meditating beneath a
freezing waterfall, deep in the mountains. Truth be told, this is as exotic
to modern Japanese people as it is to folk from elsewhere.  Perhaps for this
very reason, the art of taki-shugyo/ /(waterfall meditation) is enjoying a
surprising surge in popularity among normal people today.  How do they do
it? More importantly, why do they do it?read more