The Religion of ShugendÅ has no shrines, and it has no temples.
Instead, they are believed to be living Buddhas, rare people that, through practice in the secluded mountains, have become privy to sacred knowledge that has awakened them to their intrinsic Buddha-nature, to borrow the words of.
But the Yamabushi are not human, gods, or even demons.
It only has the liminality of the mountains, a space that is viewed in Japan as being ground that only gods, demons, and ghosts may set foot on.
The Religion of ShugendÅ has no shrines, and it has no temples