Probably I looked bit strange while I’m heading to Tokyo Haneda airport because of Kongo-zue I had with me. At the airport, I was wondering how it would be handled, then staff at the check-in counter kindly wrapped it. It seemed that they know what it is. I was bit surprised to myself, because I’m …
After the flight from Tokyo to Tokushima, I used bus & train to come here. From now on, I’ll walk around 1400 Km to visit 88 sacred temples…wow! I try to follow what to do at each temple. Unfortunately the main temple is under construction, so everyone has to worship in the quite narrow space. …
During 1.4 Km short walk from No.1 Ryozen-ji, I noticed that there’re some sign posts for walking pilgrims, and it’s pretty easy to find a way to next temple. There’re pretty big Japanese sedar called Chomei-sugi (長命杉) in Gokuraku-ji. It is said that Kobo-daishi founder of Shikoku Pilgrimage planted it. There’re relatively small number of …
OK, even though my backpack is pretty heavy, I’m OK after 4 Km walk from No.1 Ryozen-ji. However, I noticed that the challenge could be that there’re actually many pilgrims using bus tour…just after arriving at this main gate, the tour bus also arrived… hmm. Precincts of Konsen-ji looks bit like Chinese style (maybe because …
Aizen-in is located along the route from No.3 Konsen-ji to No.4 Dainichi-ji. In addition to 88 sacred temples, there’re actually more temples that is somewhat connected to Kobo-Daishi. Aizen-in is one of them and it is known from its special temple stamp written by wide-brush. However, I was stuck by this small hall dedicated to …
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After leaving Aizen-in, it started to rain a lot… So I had to use foldable umbrella… but then my both hands are occupied (the other one hold Kongo-zue). I now realized that Sugegasa (Sedge hat) seems to be a good choice. This main gate is interesting, because it has the bell inside. Usually there’s separated …