• An early day

    Started off this day, waking up early and walking to the bus stop. This bus was over an hour long ride. The 2nd bus I got on was the wrong one, but still made it to my destination. Temple 41 – Ryūkōji Initially, this was a place for the rice God as part of the Inari…

  • An easy day.

    Woke up and jumped on a long and winding bus back the way I came, but this time, I did not get to stop at the overlook. Temple 39 – Enkōji, was founded in 724, with a carved statue. This site has an eye washing well to help with eye sickness and is believed to…

  • Moving forward.

    I left Kochi city during a rain storm and walked my way to the train station. I am getting very good at navigating the public transit system here. Google Maps help, except when you are riding on the train or bus, then it just keeps updating new routes.  Temple 37 – Iwamotoji – was tucked…

  • Late update.

    I will update more later, when I have wifi.

  • Back to Kochi.

    Started off the morning and took a taxi to the top of Temple 35 – Kiyotakiji. Was able to walk down fine, but after several near falls on other mountains, my leg injury from last year started to hurt, and the knee I hurt by the car hitting me and horse kicking me (2 separate…

  • Time crunch

    So I started from my hotel yesterday with ordering a cab. I had 4 temples to reach and only a certain amount of time to get to my next stay. It was a mixed bunk room. So I grabbed a cab, which was a great idea with how high this one was. The cab took…

  • Moving forward

    Started off this morning, taking a bus and a train to get to the next town. I had to jump back up to where I ended yesterday because of the hotel I had. I am finding it difficult to find lodgings and booking them when I do find availability.  I have the next 4 days…

  • A lot of back tracking lately

    Today was 2 mountains, or one and a hill. The 1st one was 200m, and the second was 500m. Started off going back to temple 25, where my current hotel is, and I dropped off my big bag and started walking. First up was Temple 26 – Kongōchōji. It was a nice small temple. The…

  • Planes trains and…

    Scratch that. Train and 3 buses to get to my next destination. The only way I could get to my next accommodation was public transit, or I’d be stuck in the middle of nowhere.  I got off at the wrong train station but found a bus heading my way, so it worked out. I did…

  • A cold windy day

    No rain but high winds. I wore my rain gear to just block the wind. I had to get to Temple 23 – Yakuōji. I had accommodations set there, and it was the only place I could find. I am getting into the busy season,  so now I’m going to be competing with car, bus,…

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