Walking along the Henro route, I noticed that I’m already in the precincts in the temple 😉 So I once moved out, then once again move in from the main gate. The main gate is rather small comparing others I visited already today. At every temple, I noticed this cute young priest is standing either …
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 …
I woke up at 2:30… I could not sleep very well, maybe because I went to sleep early last night or maybe I’m excited… Last night, I asked the landlady if I can have a breakfast at 6:00 a.m. According to her, it is natural for walking pilgrims to have a breakfast early in the …
When I left the guest house around 6:30 a.m, it was quite dark and chilly outside. After a while, I noticed that I may have missed sign post, and that I probably lost the Henro route. I understood it could happen, since Henro route is old historical route, and it is sometimes apart from roadway, …
Interestingly, the main gate of Jyuraku-ji is similar as the one of No.6 Anraku-ji because of it’s Chinese style look. It’s actually pleasant to conduct religious services step by step in this chilly and quiet morning. I went to Nokyo-jyo to get the stamp, after finishing those. However, there’re no one. After calling via extension …
The main gate of No.8 Kumadani-ji is said to be one of the largest wooden main gate in all the 88 sacred temples. Interestingly, it is located bit isolated from the other buildings of the temple. Indeed, it’s not like a main gate. In addition to the old but refined main gate, I was also …