I am going on an adventure

Tag: adventure

  • 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…

  • Continued

    When posting a lot of pictures,  the app I am using messes up, so on busy days, I will need to break up my accounting. We drove to Temple 54, Enmeiji. This temple prospered as a temple for scholarly learning. I thought my hotel was close, and I started walking from here. It turns out…

  • Fortuitous meetings

    I started off the dat grabbing a taxi back to near where I left off Sunday.  I went to Temple 52 – Taisanji. There, I met a couple from Singapore who gifted me a Mala (prayer beads) I met a man from Taiwan who thought I was in my 20s, and we ended up spending…

  • Catching up

    I missed Temples 44 and 45 this weekend due to not having a reliable way home. So I woke up and caught the bus up into the mountains. Temple 44 – Daihōji was not too bad of a walk to get to. Once I got out of town, I was surrounded by old growth forest,…

  • Back to basics. Walking.

    This was a long day. I woke up and got my taxi to Temple 46 – Jōruriji. Founded in 708. It was restored in 812. There is a tree that is over 1000 years old (I don’t know if I took a picture of it). This was a nice suburban temple. Being a weekend, there…

  • Travel day.

    Made it to Matsuyama. Had some ramen, matcha tirimasu, and walked around the city until my check-in. Can’t get to the next temples until Monday… well, I can, but with a reduced schedule, it might mean I would get trapped in the middle of nowhere. It’s easier for me to wait till Monday for those…

  • 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 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 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…