CNN’s Will Ripley tries the Buddhist ritual “takigyo,” or waterfall mediation, in the Ise-Shima National Park.

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Join CNN's Senior International Correspondent, Will Ripley, on The Journey Matters, as he ventures through the beautiful, ...

The adventure ends at the sacred Shirataki Falls in the mountains of Ise-Shima where Will tries a Buddhist ritual called Takigyo, or waterfall meditation, in which the frigid waters are said to ...