Day 1- in Osaka, time to explore
20 Ekim 2023, Japonya ⋅ 🌧 66 °F
Got into Osaka around 12:00 p. Time to explore!
D2 - Osaka Castle
21 Ekim 2023, Japonya ⋅ ☀️ 61 °F
D3-explore Joined the trekking group
22 Ekim 2023, Japonya ⋅ ☀️ 61 °F
Explored Osaka some more, market, temples. Joined the distant journeys group for dinner to start the trek
On the Nyonindo Path, Mount Koya
23 Ekim 2023, Japonya ⋅ 🌙 52 °F
Kyoto to Mount Koya-
Out of the city and into the mountings!
A nice night in a Buddhist temple, very simple vegetarian meal, but good!
Mt Koya temples and Cemetery
24 Ekim 2023, Japonya ⋅ ☁️ 63 °F
Start with a 6:30am Sorta recital ceremony at the shrine where we spent the night. Then touring the Mt Koya Shrines and temples and the Cemetery with its huge Cedar trees. Then by road to Ryujin OnsenOkumaya devam et
Last night in Ryujin Onsen and today
25 Ekim 2023, Japonya ⋅ ☀️ 66 °F
…. Today, a solid hiking day in the mountains on the start of the Nakahechi pilgrimage route!!
Early bath to start the day
26 Ekim 2023, Japonya ⋅ 🌙 48 °F
2 nights in Yunomine Onsen
Rejoin the Nakahechi route, visited the Hongu Taisha Grand Shrine then a hike back to the Onsen.
A nice days walking!
Got my Dual Pilgrims certificate but still need someOkumaya devam et
Hiking day, then here tor the night
27 Ekim 2023, Japonya ⋅ 🌙 66 °F
2nd consecutive day that was a bit more hiking centric, tomorrow, more temples and tourist type stuff.
Kumano Nachi-taisha Shrine
28 Ekim 2023, Japonya ⋅ ☀️ 64 °F
The second of the 3 great shrines (Shinto) Nachi Taisha and the buddist temple Seiganto-ji temple and Nachi Waterfall. 276 steps through big, beautiful cedar trees to get to… more steps, 😂
A ferry boat to a beautiful hotel
28 Ekim 2023, Japonya ⋅ ☀️ 66 °F
7am Commercial Tuna Market
29 Ekim 2023, Japonya ⋅ ☀️ 55 °F
The largest commercial tuna market in Japan
Kumano Hayatama Taisha
29 Ekim 2023, Japonya
The third grand shrine officially giving me my Dual Pilgrim status
(after leaving our livery island paradise onsen)
Yoshino Village
29 Ekim 2023, Japonya ⋅ ⛅ 52 °F
One nights stay a short hike in a cool mountain town. Stayed at Hanaya Tokubei Ryokan, Dorogawa Onsen
Todays Hiking
30 Ekim 2023, Japonya ⋅ ☀️ 63 °F
Soy sauce tour, tasting and lodging
30 Ekim 2023, Japonya ⋅ ⛅ 57 °F
A wonderful tour, dinner and breakfast at an 18 generation craft Soy Sauce producer. stayed in a wonderfully converted old barn. I wish I had more photos!
Hiking between Soy place and Nara
31 Ekim 2023, Japonya ⋅ ☀️ 64 °F
Hiking some of the Yamanobe-no-Michi Trail starting at the Miwa Shrine to Isonokami Jingu Shrine. Trail winds through temples, shrines, burial mounds, and small hamlets. Ending with a ride to Nara
Nara
1 Kasım 2023, Japonya
Nara and surrounding’s, tea ceremony, Tōdai-ja Temple
Miho Museum
2 Kasım 2023, Japonya ⋅ 🌙 54 °F
Kyoto, last day with the group
3 Kasım 2023, Japonya ⋅ ☀️ 70 °F
Taizo-in Zen Buddhist temple
Kyoto last day with group continued
3 Kasım 2023, Japonya ⋅ ☀️ 73 °F
Joshoji Temple and the Philosopher’s walk
Kyoto solo, NW corner
4 Kasım 2023, Japonya ⋅ ⛅ 68 °F
Tenryū-ji temple, Arashiyama bamboo grove, Arashiyama snow monkey park
More NW Kyoto.
4 Kasım 2023, Japonya ⋅ ⛅ 70 °F
Okochi Sanso Garden. The beauty gardens around the home of a famous Japaneses silent film star. Plus more places as I wondered up the small road into the mountains.
Senbon Torii Shrine
5 Kasım 2023, Japonya ⋅ ⛅ 72 °F
Really enjoyed this, it’s several hours round trip. I didn’t realize that when I got there, but it worked out for the best! It’s open 24 hrs. Started around 5-5:30, there were still A LOT ofOkumaya devam et
The last bits
6 Kasım 2023, Japonya ⋅ ☁️ 77 °F
Visited the Imperial Palace in Kyoto and Nijõ Castle. Both were cool, no photos inside but beautifully painted screens! Also the Art museum.
