The old landlord at the guest house Beach told his story in the morning. He has been cultivating Hiogi-gai chlamys nobilis for 50 years now, and it was originally started by him. However, other fishermen around him also started it to earn some money, and it became unprofitable because of the competition. Other people were making pearls …
When I went out from the guest house Mima, there was some snow on the ground. The landlady told me to be careful because there would be more snow from here. She also said that some people give up before reaching to No.43 Meiseki-ji due to heavy snow and go back… Hmmm. Time Place 06:30 …
It seemed to snow quite a lot last night, so when I left Tokiwa Ryokan, it was all white. Today, I plan to go to the mountain lodge Muraya after seeing Uchiko town. Time Place 07:15 Departure (D): Tokiwa Ryokan 07:45 Arrival (A): Bekkaku No.8 Toyo-ga-hashi Eitoku-ji 08:15 D: Walk to Uchiko town 10:00 Sightseeing …
Even though I expected there would be some snow when I would go up to Kuma-kogen town, but the amount of snow was indeed more than expected. Today the henro route will be in the mountain side, so I’m bit concerned if I may lose the route in the snow covered mountain. Time Place 07:00 …
It’s quite cold this morning. The landlord of the inn gave me the ride to the road station with the 73 years old man with whom I spoke yesterday. He said he wears a helmet instead of a sedge hut. Wow, indeed it’s reasonable considering this snowy mountain side trail. I told him that I …
I took a morning bath and then went to the breakfast room, thinking that the old man would probably eat breakfast early. Indeed he was there, and he has just finished eating. I’m sorry to hear that he was worried that something was wrong for me because I’m late 🙂 His plan today was to …