Posts

Showing posts from June, 2016

Shikoku, Japan 88 Temples Foot Pilgrimage; From Kanonji City ToZentsuji City, and visiting Temples 71-75

Image

Shikoku Japan 88 Temples Foot Pilgrimage; Walking In The Rain ToTemples 67-70 In Kanonji City

Image

Shikoku Japan 88 Temples Foot Pilgrimage; Nirvana At Unpenji, Temple 66- The Temple of Hovering Clouds

Image

Shikoku Japan 88 Temples Foot Pilgrimage; Climbing Another Mountain ToTemple 65, Sankakuji – The Three Corners Temple

Image

Shikoku Japan 88 Temples Foot Pilgrimage; Climbing A Mountain To Temple60, Yokomineji – The Temple On A Mountain Ridge

Image

Shikoku Japan 88 Temples Foot Pilgrimage; Visiting Temples 59- 64

Image

Shikoku Japan 88 Temples Foot Pilgrimage; Visiting Temple 52 - Taisanji- The Temple of Big Mountain, and Temple 53 - Enmyōji – The Temple ofComplete Illumination

Image

Shikoku Japan 88 Temples Foot Pilgrimage; Visiting Temples 54- 58

Image
    

Shikoku Japan 88 Temples Foot Pilgrimage; Visiting Temples 50 and 51,and Dogo Onsen in Matsuyama

Image

Shikoku Japan 88 Temples Foot Pilgrimage; Climbing Mountain Passes FromKuma Kogen To Iwayaji Temple (Temple 45) And Back

Image

Shikoku Japan 88 Temples Foot Pilgrimage; Finally, Matsuyama!!!Visiting Five Temples, Jōruriji, Yasakaji, Sairinji, Jōdoji and Monjuin- Bangai Temple #9

Image

Shikoku Japan 88 Temples Foot Pilgrimage; Climbing Mountain Passes FromOda Town To Kuma Kogen

Image

Shikoku Japan 88 Temples Foot Pilgrimage; Walking From Uchiko City ToOda Town

Image

Shikoku Japan 88 Temples Foot Pilgrimage; Walking From Ozu City ToHistoric Uchiko City

Image

Shikoku Japan 88 Temples Foot Pilgrimage; Walking From Seiyo City ToOzu City

Image

Shikoku Japan 88 Temples Foot Pilgrimage; From Uwajima City To SeiyoCity, Hiking Mountain Passes And Visiting Three Temples T41-T43

Image

Shikoku Japan 88 Temples Foot Pilgrimage; Walking from Tsushima Town toUwajima City

Image

Shikoku Japan 88 Temples Foot Pilgrimage; Walking from Ainan Town toTsushima Town

Image

Shikoku Japan 88 Temples Foot Pilgrimage; Walking from Sukumo to Temple40 - Kanjizaiji – The Temple of Kannon in Ainan Town

Image

Shikoku Japan 88 Temples Foot Pilgrimage; Walking Northwest from Miharato Enkōji – Temple 39, the Temple of Perpetual Light

Image

Shikoku Japan 88 Temples Foot Pilgrimage; walking Northwest from Kumomoto Kaminagatani-Mihara

Image

Shikoku Japan 88 Temples Foot Pilgrimage; walking North from CapeAshizuri to Kumomo

Image

Shikoku Japan 88 Temples Foot Pilgrimage; Kongofukuji, Temple 38 inCape Ashizuri, The Temple of Indestructible Virtue

Image

Shikoku Japan 88 Temples Foot Pilgrimage; Walking to Kongofukuji, Temple 38, on the Ashizuri Peninsula

Image
Shikoku Japan 88 Temples Foot Pilgrimage; Walking to Kongofukuji, Temple 38, on the Ashizuri Peninsula  At the Nest West Garden Lodge, we asked to have breakfast at 7:00am, because we have planned a long day of walking from Tosa-Irino to Shimonokae, where we booked what we thought was a small rural hotel. We decided to walk at least 27 kilometers today. Our average speed while carrying our packs is about 4 kilometers per hour, if you include climbing steep hills, stone steps and forest paths. The advice that we were given, is to make sure to take a ten minute break for every hour of walking, or a five minute break for every half hour of walking. Regardless of this advice, we often have walked for hours with no breaks, because there are no shaded spots or benches to stop at on many roads, or because it is pouring rain. The walk today was into the southernmost peninsula in Kochi Prefecture. The landscape got greener and very beautiful, as we headed into the rural South. We found a quiet

Shikoku Japan 88 Temples Foot Pilgrimage; Walking from Tosa-Saga to Tosa-Irino

Image
Shikoku Japan 88 Temples Foot Pilgrimage; Walking from Tosa-Saga to Tosa-Irino After breakfast, we needed to take the train from the Nest West Lodge back to Tosa-Saga, where we had stopped walking the day before. The hotel manager looked very worried when I approached him at the front desk. Many Japanese people learn English, and understand it well, but feel quite nervous or shy about saying a single word or making a mistake and appearing foolish. He was SO relieved when I asked him in Japanese when the next train leaves to Tosa-Saga. He told me that it was in forty minutes, so we went back upstairs to our room and I changed out of my Yukata into my rain gear. The forecast for today was for a cloudy and rainy day with an eighty percent chance of rain, so we dressed in our rain pants and rain coats, covered our day packs with plastic, took our umbrellas and headed to the train. The hotel manager was waiting for us at the front door. He had already pulled the hotel's van to the front