Himeshima to Iwato-ji

Cold and windy. We walked around the island for a bit, saw the head man's very elaborate and large house, ferry back, lunch in an art gallery, drove to a temple and walked 7k to another- though forests and over hills. The hundreds of mossy stupas are c 1200 years old, but all the buildings around them disappeared centuries ago. Lots of up and down, and chains again for some tough slopes, but great scenery.

An older hotel with the usual thermal spring bath and tatami floors. As a bonus, it snowed ... just a little

Anne has sore quads: her son’s mother.

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