I am going on an adventure

Category: Pilgrim

  • A Light day… kinda.

    So today, most of the temples were within a few km of each other. I stayed at a place right at Temple 13 – Dainichiji, I woke up ate and went across the street. That was the easiest part of the day. I found that using my walking stick to put in the picture allows…

  • 2 whole mountains. 

    Ok, maybe one and a half. I started off my day with a wonderful breakfast and got prepared.  I gave my host’s son a Gritty sticker, and in return, he gave me some candy with an encouraging note. My host then took me to Tempe 11 – Fujiidera. It was a nice small temple just…

  • Hubris

    It was complete hubris thinking with my health that I could do something like this alone. I got to my Pilgrim house after the 10th temple and started looking for accommodations.  I spoke with my wonderful host, and he let me know that I would be walking over 2 whole mountains. Just to get to…

  • Ups and downs literally

    I hit temple 6 Anrakuji, 2 days ago but didn’t take any pictures. So I took the bus up to it again and got a few. I saw an animal there that ducked into the bushes, not sure if it was a minx or ferret. Tried to take a picture, but I was too far…

  • Sleep

    As soon as I get into my lodging and take a shower, I am done. Probably still jetlag and time difference.  14 hours from home to here. I get into the henro house around 5 and take a shower, and I am out like a light by 7 pm and up at 4am, which is…

  • Day 2. I made it harder on myself than I needed to.

    So the day started off well. I went to temples 2-6. And that 6th one was a temple too far. Temple 2 and 3 were a good walk. I did pack too much, and it is taking a toll on my back and legs, but I stop and take a lot of breaks. Temple 4…

  • Onto Shikoku Japan

    I made it to Shikoku early. I was able to navigate the Osaka subway system with relative ease for only having a very basic grasp of the Japanese language.  I made it to a bus station and the bus I needed left 10 minutes after I bought my ticket. The whole process took less time…

  • Osaka, I hardly knew you

    I have a 3 hour bus ride to give another update. So, not everything went perfect. When traveling while sick, you have to prioritize your mental space. So, with all of the concentration on making sure I had meds for everything and documentation for all the meds to import them, I must have packed and…

  • Day one. Osaka

    The adventure begins. I started my journey at 3am in Jersey. A 6 am flight to Los Angeles,  then a 12.5 hour flight to Osaka. All in total 26 hours of travel, including layovers. Both flights went well. No turbulence and only a slight rocky landing on a floating island at Osaka. No new pictures,…

  • Certificate received

    I received my Yunyu Kakunin-sho, the certificate to take more than one month’s worth of medication into Japan. It is a difficult to understand process, and supposedly, you can do it all online, but for the life of me, I can not change the address portion into American. It has been stuck in Japan address…