Nagano - Shrine day

After breakfast, we took bus number 70 to Togakushi shrine - there are actually three shrines, and they hold great significance to the Japanese.
The bus ride is quite the trip, about an hour to the main shrine at the highest point. We got off there, checking out the main shrine (about 1 km) before winding our way down (mainly down) to the middle and lower shrines.

Many people travelled with bear bells, yep, there's bears in them there hills! We didn't see any, and I'm sure the throngs of tourists scared them away. We did stop for icecream half way, to recharge our batteries. When we reached the lower shrine, we were ready for the bus home. We'd probably walked 7 or 8 kms, so not too much, but it was 34c even though we were mainly in the shade.

The bus home was packed, so our tired feet got no rest unfortunately 😕

After cooling down and freshening up at our apartment, we were in need of nourishment. We went to a Thai restaurant nearby, and it was operated by Thai people, I greeted them with a 'sawadee ka' in my dulcet Australian accent. We enjoyed a particularly good green chicken curry, and I know it may come as a shock, but we had a couple of alcoholic beverages 😋. No photos, sorry, we were famished.Read more