Those Eggshell Mountain Ridges
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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 theirMeer informatie
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 theirMeer informatie
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- thoughMeer informatie
Futago-ji, the temple with the personable monk, and rice offered up in sacks for fertility
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 simplyMeer informatie
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 theMeer informatie
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 theMeer informatie
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.Meer informatie
Just to remind ourselves of the 10 course dinners and 10 course breakfasts
The challenge of walking on a rocky path just over a metre wide...
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.Meer informatie