GiapponeOita PrefectureUsa33°24’45” N 131°20’24” E
11 novembre 2023, Giappone ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Imagine an old volcano with the rim weathered away to near-vertical on the outside and the inside, and perhaps half crumbled away. Then imagine monks finding a way to the top, and then making theirLeggi altro
12 novembre 2023, Giappone ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
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- thoughLeggi altro
GiapponeOita PrefectureŌita-shiNiagemachi33°14’22” N 131°36’35” E
13 novembre 2023, Giappone ⋅ 🌬 13 °C
Futago-ji, the temple with the personable monk, and rice offered up in sacks for fertility
GiapponeOita PrefectureYufuinFukuma Yama33°16’60” N 131°18’37” E
13 novembre 2023, Giappone ⋅ ☁️ 4 °C
The hotels on the walking trip all had hot baths (geothermal). Some were in the room, some were on each hotel floor, some in a separate building. Most were male/Female, except Yufuin, where you simplyLeggi altro
13 novembre 2023, Giappone ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
We walked between two grand temples on forest tracks and then badly overgrown logging roads. Only a few spots with ropes there if needed, but a few endless flights of mossy stone steps at theLeggi altro
GiapponeOita PrefectureYufuinYufuin Eki33°15’46” N 131°21’19” E
14 novembre 2023, Giappone ⋅ ☀️ 4 °C
Day 8 was a fantastically clear day. We were driven to a little village, visited an old farmhouse, and home of an old lady who helps Walk Japan,
mini-bussed on to an old temple at the foot of theLeggi altro
GiapponeOita PrefectureYufuinYufuin Eki33°15’46” N 131°21’19” E
14 novembre 2023, Giappone ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C
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.Leggi altro
GiapponeOita PrefectureYufuinYufuin Eki33°15’46” N 131°21’19” E
14 novembre 2023, Giappone ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C
Just to remind ourselves of the 10 course dinners and 10 course breakfasts
GiapponeOita PrefectureYufuinYufuin Eki33°15’46” N 131°21’19” E
14 novembre 2023, Giappone ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
The challenge of walking on a rocky path just over a metre wide...
GiapponeOita PrefectureYufuinYufu Dake33°16’58” N 131°23’25” E
15 novembre 2023, Giappone ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
Great start to the early day: instead of endless servings of fish/pickles/sashimi/rice/egg/miso for breakfast there was a self-serve breakfast at 7am that had yoghurt and cereal and lots of coffee.Leggi altro
