As soon as I left the Seapa MAKOTO, An old man approached me and said, “Would you like to drink?” while he handed me amazake which I thought he bought for himself initially to warm him up. He said, “It’s a source of energy for your pilgrims”. Since my body hadn’t warmed up yet, I …
I thought I would have to leave Senyu-ji around 8:00 a.m. today because of the priest’s lecture, but I could leave about 30 minutes early. In my original plan, I’m planning to visit No.60 Yokomine-ji tomorrow, which is located quite high and requires climbing moutain, but it is expected to rain. So I did a …
Today, in line with yesterday’s change of the schedule, I decided to return from Iyo Komatsu station to Iyo Sakurai station, and then walk the pilgrimage route from Sakurai to Komatsu to cover missing route. Even in the morning, there is basically one train per hour, and the train leaving Iyo Komatsu station around 7:30 …
Today I’m planning to walk more than 40 kilometers. Around Saijo City, it seems to have a big festival in October, and there were some big warehouses where they store the Danjiri. Time Place 8:00 Departure (D): Yunotani Onsen 13:30 Arrival (A): Bekkaku No.12 Mani-san Enmei-ji 14:00 D: Walk to Super Hotel Shikoku Chuo 17:20 …
Today I planned to visit No.66 Unpen-ji, which is located in the highest place among 88 sacred temples, so I departed in the dark for the first time in a while. The Google Map app on the smartphone is easy to use at times like this; it can be also like a flashlight and allows …
It was said that it’s going to be bad weather today, but so far it’s fine. There’s a strong westerly wind, and it felt kind of warm. On the road to No.67 Daiko-ji, I saw some Shikoku-no-michi sign board shows the route to Unpen-ji, which is opposite direction for pilgrims. Does it mean there are …