A 360km ride through the high mountains of Yamagata Prefecture, with a cyclist on his first long road tri . An interest in Eastern hiloso hy has drawn our traveler to the Three Mountains of Dewa, legendary abode of the gods. From a landsca e of flowering cherry trees, we ride into the snow-ca ed mountains to meet a veteran artisan of Ja anese chess ieces. On Mt. Haguro, we're guided u the sacred eak by a Yamabushi mountain ascetic. Finally, we hel a free-s irited falconer train his ra tor in the snowy wilderness.