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  • Temples next to each other

    So Temples 68 and 69 are within 300 feet of each other. Temple 68 – Jinnein founded in 703 by Buddhist priest Nisshō. In 807 Kūkai arrived and drew a picture of Amida Nyorai, and in the 19th century, it was moved to the temple next door, Temple 69 – Kannonji. I then started my…

  • 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…