I am going on an adventure

Category: Pilgrim

  • An accidental easy day.

    When trying to plan places to stay several days out, I didn’t plan on hitting Temple 67 yesterday, so today was 3 temples. Two of which were right next to each other. I grabbed a bus down to close to Temples 68 and 69. I saw a Shinto Temple close to it and decided I…

  • Decisions

    After I took the gondola down, I had to decide on walking to the next temple or take buses. I could walk there faster, so I decided to do that, even though I had my full bag with me. Most days, I try to leave my big bag at the hotel and only take a…

  • Rainy day continued

  • Walking in the rain

    I woke up and grabbed the train to the base of the next temple. This one was the tallest of them.  I grabbed a bus from the station, which took me to the bottom of the mountain. I walked 3.2 km uphill in the rain, and by walk, I meant power walked. I made it…

  • A tough day into a rest day.

    After waking up at Nojima house, I walked to the train and made my way to the bottom of Temple 65 – Sankakuji. 351 meter up. About a 3.5-mile walk uphill. The day was cold with on and off rain. It started off paved and then turned into a path that was barely a trail…

  • Taking an easy day.

    I slept in for the first time this trip. 730am. Normally, I’m up between 130am and 530am. After stopping off at Temple Chofukuji. I made my way to Nojima guest house. The couple who run it are great people. Not knowing, I met the wife the day prior at the inner sanctum of temple 61…

  • A quick stop off.

    A quick stop. There was another Buddhist Temple not on the walk, but it was on the way, so I stopped at Chofukuji. Just some beauty in the middle of my walk. I needed it after last night. I had to take alieve and zophran to make through the night, and I kept a trashbag…

  • Today was a long day

    I walked nearly 29,000 steps. Most of it up or downhill. Some of it was paved, but a lot of it was steep and barely more than a deer trail or a dried up creek bed. I missed the snow and hail, luckily because it was cold and I did not want to be cold…

  • It was a dark and stormy day

    Today started off with me walking from my hotel to Temple 59 – Kokubunji. It was cold, windy and rainy. I passed by Imabari castle (picture from the previous day) and had to stop in a drug store to buy safety pins to fix my big hat.  The wind was so bad that it broke…

  • Onto more temples

    He drove us to Temple 56 Taisanji. Another temple on the outskirts of town. Temple 57 Eifukuji. Each side of the main hall are copies of the “Buddhist feet rocks” from the temple in India where Shaka achieved enlightenment.  We drove up to Temple 58 – Senyūji. This one was 250 meters high, built in…