There were sycamores in the precincts of No.46 Joruri-ji, which gave it a tropical atmosphere. I was really surprised at the completely different atmosphere from the one at Iwaya-ji I visited yesterday in the snowy mountain!

It was interesting to see a variety of stones for blessings. A stone of Buddha’s hands for wisdom and literature, a stone of Buddha’s feet for safety in travel and good health, etc.

It was a bit of a hassle, but I put my left foot barefoot on the Buddha’s footprint stone to pray for safe trip onwards, especially since I had trouble on my left knee. Of course, I stroked the Buddha’s handprint stone too for my wisdom 🙂

The lady who put the stamp and wrote the me script at Joruri-ji looked gentle and very kind. She said to me “Did you walk from Iwaya-ji in the snow?. That must have been tough”, then gave me some sweets as Osettai.