Day 14 - The Road To Enlightenment - Walking The Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage - Hatsushima To Wakanoura and Kimiidera, Temple #2, Wakayama, Japan
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Day 6 - The Kumano Kodo Pilgrimage, Watarase Onsen to Koguchi, Japan
Day 6 - The Kumano Kodo Pilgrimage, Watarase Onsen to Koguchi, Japan Last night, our hot spring hotel was nearly full to capacity. This morning, when we came down early for breakfast, every table in the dining room was set, each with a room number and with food for the guests. We had a lovely breakfast with a variety of cooked and pickled vegetarian items. Just like yesterday’s dinner, the food was prepared with great attention to detail, and presented beautifully. It was also very delicious. We left our backpacks at the front desk, checked out and started walking from Watarase Onsen back to the Kumano Kodo trail. We had about an hour’s walk by the side of the road, before we got to the forest trail. Like most mornings, it was initially chilly, but as we started climbing up the steep trail, we quickly got warmed up, and started taking off our cold weather clothing. Right before we started the forest trail, we bought pre-packaged Bento boxes for our lunches. I saw three other hikers go