1,000 year old Buddha carvings + Yufuin

Today was a relatively short walk (a mere 10.6km) after a bit of wandering around a village. Two and a half hours over steep ridges with a few places needing chains or even metal steps on the rocks. We then had lunch in a good-sized town (rather than a hamlet, or a bento delivered to a small house or shelter somewhere) called Yufuin, which has very upmarket hotels as well. Tomorrow, Wednesday, is a long but steady walk to the top of a quite high ( by local standards) mountain.

On the way down towards Yufuin we went past a temple with an ancient Buddha carving. Yufuin was beautiful in the evening, when the masses were on their buses and gone

Our hotel was very traditional (but a modern building). Pets were allowed provided they wore nappies...

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