The entrance of Morimoto-ya is unexpectedly neat (sorry, but I expected these guest house would be old and so so). The old landlady welcomed me. She told me that she will wash my Kongo-zue (Pilgrim’s stick), and then guided me to this cozy room after showing me where is the bathroom. She then suggested me …
A friendly lady welcomed me. I asked her how I should handle Kongo-zue, then she told me I should put aside in the entrance. OK, there’re some difference (Last night, they make it clean and brought it into the room), it’s interesting. The room was bit narrow, but good enough for one person. After a …
After 30 minutes walk from No.12 Shozan-ji, I arrived at this Jyosan-an where there’s a grave of Emon-Saburo. His story is said to be the beginning of Shikoku Pilgrimage. You can read its story here. It’s always interesting to see something different than what I see in the city. This types of old house is …
The Henro route to the next No.18 Onzan-ji will pass the center of Tokushima city, where I was in Day 1. Considering the time, I planned to stay Hotel Sunroute Tokushima (economy hotel), which is located just in front of Tokushima station, because it has Onsen, nice! 🙂 I wanted to take a look at …
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Can you imagine what is the origin of this building, which is now used for hotel ? Sakamoto elementary school was closed in 1994, and then renovated in 2002 to the experience-based facility for farming including accommodation. Fureai-no-sato Sakamoto is also used as community center of this area, and today elder people gather to enjoy …
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The guest house Sazanka is located just next to No.22 Byodo-ji. The main building is old, but they built another building for pilgrims to stay, which is pretty new and cozy. While doing the laundry, I made a reservation for guest houses upcoming few days. The dinner at Sazanka was really delicious with thick Sashimi, …