The Hard Hike

The trail between Fujii-dera (T11) and Shosan-ji (T12) is 9 miles with an elevation gain of 3,500 feet and requires three peaks to be topped. It took over 6 hours of often strenuous hiking to complete and is one of the hardest legs in the Pilgrimage.

It started out easy with a taxi drive from the Anraku-ji Shukubo to Fujii-dera. After finishing the temple, it was an amazingly beautiful and physically taxing day with absolute relief when the three WalkJapan participants reached the pickup site on time for a scheduled taxi drive to our next stay.Read more