{"id":1198,"date":"2021-03-03T13:01:41","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T04:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/app.japan-heritage-soto.jp\/?page_id=1198"},"modified":"2021-03-04T14:08:14","modified_gmt":"2021-03-04T05:08:14","slug":"so122002","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/app.japan-heritage-soto.jp\/?page_id=1198&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Biwa-taki Waterfall"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/app.japan-heritage-soto.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/122002.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/app.japan-heritage-soto.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/122001.jpg\" alt=\"\u6c34\u884c\u9053\u5834\uff08\u7435\u7436\u6edd\uff09\" class=\"wp-image-607\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Takigyou(Waterfall Asceticism)&#8221; is a combination of the worship of waterfalls, which originated in mountain worship, and rituals to purify the body and soul.<br>It is said that in ancient times, Shugensha (mountain ascetics) secretly performed this ritual to purify their bodies and minds before they began their full-scale ascetic practices.<br>This is Biwa-taki Waterfall, one of the Waterfall Asceticism at Yakuo-in Temple.<br>It is said that the name comes from the shape of the waterfall basin, which resembles a Japanese lute (Biwa), or from the sound of the waterfall, which sounds like a Japanese lute.<br>Today, the waterfall is practiced by Shugensha, and ordinary people can also do it under their guidance.<br>Near the waterfall, there is a cave named &#8220;Iwaya Daishi,&#8221; where a legend about Kobo Daishi remains.\u2003<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Takigyou(Waterfall Asceticism)&#8221; is a combination of the worship of waterfalls, which originated i [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":122,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"swell_btn_cv_data":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1198","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/app.japan-heritage-soto.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/app.japan-heritage-soto.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/app.japan-heritage-soto.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/app.japan-heritage-soto.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/app.japan-heritage-soto.jp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1198"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/app.japan-heritage-soto.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1388,"href":"https:\/\/app.japan-heritage-soto.jp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1198\/revisions\/1388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/app.japan-heritage-soto.jp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}