The Hard Hike 2
2024年4月7日, 日本 ⋅ ☁️ 63 °F
This trail to Kakurin-ji (T20), then Tairyu-ji (T21) was similar to the earlier hike but not quite as hard or scenic. This was partly due to me using a discarded kongo-tsue, or walking stick, on theもっと詳しく
Kakurin-ji (T20)
2024年4月7日, 日本 ⋅ ☁️ 64 °F
Tairyu-ji (T21)
2024年4月7日, 日本 ⋅ ⛅ 66 °F
Momijigawa Onsen
2024年4月7日, 日本 ⋅ ☁️ 63 °F
Yakuo-ji (T23)
2024年4月8日, 日本 ⋅ ☁️ 64 °F
Return to Tokushima Station
2024年4月8日, 日本 ⋅ 🌧 64 °F
Oboke Gorge Boat Ride
2024年4月9日, 日本 ⋅ ☁️ 55 °F
From Oboke Station I took an easy walk to the Oboke Gorge Boat Tour. It was clearly a tourist trap operation mostly serving the large business tour groups.
Multiple strings of flying carp marked theもっと詳しく
Hotel Kazurabashi
2024年4月9日〜13日, 日本 ⋅ ☁️ 55 °F
Very nice Onsen with a rustic feel. There was an outdoors bath that you had to take a small cable car to reach which was very nice. The first onsen on this trip was indoors with poor ventilation soもっと詳しく
Kazurabashi Vine Bridge
2024年4月9日, 日本 ⋅ ☁️ 55 °F
It was late and there were very few visitors when I got to the bridge. I followed someone crossing and it seemed to take forever. The slats were spaced far apart enough that the gap was greater thanもっと詳しく
Iyadani-ji (T71)
2024年4月10日, 日本 ⋅ ☀️ 57 °F
Good thing this was the first temple of the day as it was the one with the most steps. I was dropped off from a taxi and had to climb over 100 steps to get to the gate. From there it was severalもっと詳しく
Mandara-ji (T72)
2024年4月10日, 日本 ⋅ ☁️ 61 °F
Shusshaka-ji (T73)
2024年4月10日, 日本 ⋅ ☁️ 61 °F
Koyama-ji (T74)
2024年4月10日, 日本 ⋅ ☁️ 63 °F
Zentsu-ji (T75)
2024年4月10日, 日本 ⋅ ☁️ 61 °F
This temple, the birthplace of Kobo Daishi, was huge and beautiful. I wish I had spent more time exploring but as the last temple of the day, I was anxious to get to my accommodation.
I may includeもっと詳しく
Kotohira Kadan
2024年4月10日, 日本 ⋅ ☁️ 57 °F
Kotohira Kadan was a very upscale hotel with a delicious and ornate dinner. The entrance floor to my room had a chiseled texture which felt very welcoming.
Breakfast was a treat as I had a beautifulもっと詳しく
Kotohira-gu
2024年4月11日, 日本 ⋅ ☁️ 45 °F
I got up before dawn with hopes of seeing a nice sunrise from the shrine balcony overlooking Kotohira. Not to be.
The walk to the shrine entrance was very peaceful with few people awake yet. When Iもっと詳しく
Osaka Castle
2024年4月12日, 日本 ⋅ ⛅ 61 °F
I got up early to walk to Osaka Castle to enjoy a quiet breakfast on the park grounds. After picking up some Family Mart items to eat I walked (5 miles round trip) to the park, including a stretch onもっと詳しく






























