Fuki-ji to Tashibu to Fuki-ji

Had to message Alistair early to say that in this 900 year old wooden temple his parents at 7am did a 15 min Zen meditation. He was surprisingly unresponsive, although it may have been midnight where he was...

10 kms today, mostly in bamboo forests, then down to a village and along the edge of the paddy fields. Simple routine: breakfast, bus, temple, mountains, local restaurant for lunch, forest, paddy fields and back to the hotel. Saw one of Japan's most picturesque rural villages, but the population is declining and there are almost life-size dolls here and there to make it less lonely for the ageing population. 16,070/10.7km and 65Lue lisää