Day by day recap of the first week
May 8: First day of pilgrimage. Covered temples 1 through 7. Stayed at Okuda guest house. TEMPLE HIGHLIGHT- Temple 1, Ryozenji. Its like the water temple, theres even a mini stream running through that you can skip over! Lots of fun.
May 9: Treated blisters and ankle strain, light day. Covered temples 8 through 10. Stayed at Okuda guest house again. TEMPLE HIGHLIGHT- Temple 10, Kirihataji. Had to climb several hundred steps to get to the damn thing. Saw a bunch of gigantic black earthworms.
May 10: Tackled temples 11 and 12. Brutal mountain hiking. Stayed at Sudachi kan guest house near Kamiyama. TEMPLE HIGHLIGHT- Temple 12, Shosanji. Mountain top temple with a bunch of cool Buddha statues.
May 11: Came down from mountains, went to temples 13-17, stayed AGAIN at Okuda guest house! TEMPLE HIGHLIGHT- Temple 15, Kokubunji. It was sort of a dump! Which was surprising. It was burned down several hundred years ago, and never really regained its luster.
May 12: Day off to rest knees, ankles, and feet from mountain hiking. Stayed near Tokushima station. Did first blogging.
May 13: Went to temples 18-19. Temples not noteworthy. Stayed at Kaneko Ya ryokan.
May 14: Got through temples 20-22. More strenuous mountain hiking. Stayed at Yuki lodge. TEMPLE HIGHLIGHT- Temple 21, Tairyuji. Spectacular mountain top temple in the woods.
May 15: Visited temple 23, and made way south to border of Kochi prefecture. Currently staying at Atago ryokan. Good first week.
Love the weekly recap. Congratulations on your first week.
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ReplyDeleteSounds strenuous, but incredibly interesting! Take care of those feetsies of yours!
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