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 theirLäs mer
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 theirLäs mer
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- thoughLäs mer
Futago-ji, the temple with the personable monk, and rice offered up in sacks for fertility
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 theLäs mer
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 theLäs mer
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.Läs mer
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.Läs mer