A Walk Around Kyushu
Day 76, Fri March 28th, 2014
Kashi to Munakata business office II
After leaving Miyajidake shrine I remove maintain to caput dorsum to where the principal route too runway lines caput northeast every bit at that topographic point are mountains betwixt me too my adjacent stop.
The principal route handgrip no involvement for me, but it's a beautiful solar daytime too I stride along amongst the vigor that comes amongst beingness unopen to the terminate of my walk. I discovery temple position out 87, Munakata Kannonji, inward Togo. It's a concrete temple inward an urban setting, the grounds are all white gravel amongst a pair of vermillion shrines. Two novel statues of an elderly human being too adult woman are the focal point.
Now I caput straight due north too am presently amid rice paddies earlier reaching the river. The route I must accept runs along the tiptop of the levee towards the sea. Soon I am approaching Munakata Taisha, a major shrine. I operate inward from the bring upwardly through woodland. Munakata Taisha is i of 3 shrines, the other ii beingness on islands, that are strongly connected to the body of body of water route to the Korean Peninsula. too which enshrine 3 woman individual kami. The most famous Munakata-related shrine is of course of teaching Itsukushima on Miyajima close Hiroshima.
Walking around the shrine I notice a lot of pretty, immature women, by too large inward pairs. I remove maintain noticed the same at other major touristy shrines. If I were a younger man, too if I were single, too wanting to come across immature women, i house I would caput to would live a major shrine. But plenty fantasizing - I remove maintain a pilgrimage to complete, thus I don't halt inward at the shrine's large museum which houses too displays many of the artifacts connected to the ancient link amongst the Korean Peninsula.
The lastly temple, position out 88, Chinkokuji, is only across the river. It's on the hilltop overlooking the river too the map solely shows a route that winds around the dorsum of the hill. The map doesn't demo whatever steps leading straight upwardly thus I accept the long walk round. Of course of teaching when I larn upwardly at that topographic point I tin take in the steps that Pb straight down. Its quite a large temple, too on a department of nation only below the principal buildings some form of a cherry-blossom viewing political party is underway.
So!... that's it. I've finished my 78 solar daytime walk around Kyushu. But non yet. Up some steep steps to the tiptop of the colina is temple 108, the okunoin of this temple. The principal pilgrimage is 88 temples, too the significance of 88 is that it is the position out of temples on the famous Shikoku pilgrimage. Why 88, has no agreed upon reason, but the position out has stuck too quite a few other pilgrimages remove maintain used that position out too, but the Shikoku pilgrimage has an 'extra' xx temples, called bangai, too thus does this one, too the position out 108 does remove maintain a significance.
Temple bells volition live rung 108 times at midnight on New Year's Eve, too the Buddhist rosary has 108 beads, because at that topographic point are 108 'delusions' that forestall the attainment of enlightenment. I climb the steps to the pocket-size edifice on top. Quite a few others create likewise thus I enquire someone to accept a memorial photo, too and then I climb downwards feeling quite pleased amongst myself. Now only a few to a greater extent than kilometers walking dorsum upwardly the river to where I tin grab a rider vehicle too caput to my hotel. But inward fact, I am non quite finished. Yesterday I skipped a x kilometers department of the pilgrimage that has a pair of temples, thus earlier I tin accept the educate domicile I postulate to create that i lastly section.
Jake Davies
A Walk Around Kyushu Day 76
A Walk Around Kyushu Day 77
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Day 76, Fri March 28th, 2014
Kashi to Munakata business office II
After leaving Miyajidake shrine I remove maintain to caput dorsum to where the principal route too runway lines caput northeast every bit at that topographic point are mountains betwixt me too my adjacent stop.
The principal route handgrip no involvement for me, but it's a beautiful solar daytime too I stride along amongst the vigor that comes amongst beingness unopen to the terminate of my walk. I discovery temple position out 87, Munakata Kannonji, inward Togo. It's a concrete temple inward an urban setting, the grounds are all white gravel amongst a pair of vermillion shrines. Two novel statues of an elderly human being too adult woman are the focal point.
Now I caput straight due north too am presently amid rice paddies earlier reaching the river. The route I must accept runs along the tiptop of the levee towards the sea. Soon I am approaching Munakata Taisha, a major shrine. I operate inward from the bring upwardly through woodland. Munakata Taisha is i of 3 shrines, the other ii beingness on islands, that are strongly connected to the body of body of water route to the Korean Peninsula. too which enshrine 3 woman individual kami. The most famous Munakata-related shrine is of course of teaching Itsukushima on Miyajima close Hiroshima.
The lastly temple, position out 88, Chinkokuji, is only across the river. It's on the hilltop overlooking the river too the map solely shows a route that winds around the dorsum of the hill. The map doesn't demo whatever steps leading straight upwardly thus I accept the long walk round. Of course of teaching when I larn upwardly at that topographic point I tin take in the steps that Pb straight down. Its quite a large temple, too on a department of nation only below the principal buildings some form of a cherry-blossom viewing political party is underway.
So!... that's it. I've finished my 78 solar daytime walk around Kyushu. But non yet. Up some steep steps to the tiptop of the colina is temple 108, the okunoin of this temple. The principal pilgrimage is 88 temples, too the significance of 88 is that it is the position out of temples on the famous Shikoku pilgrimage. Why 88, has no agreed upon reason, but the position out has stuck too quite a few other pilgrimages remove maintain used that position out too, but the Shikoku pilgrimage has an 'extra' xx temples, called bangai, too thus does this one, too the position out 108 does remove maintain a significance.
Temple bells volition live rung 108 times at midnight on New Year's Eve, too the Buddhist rosary has 108 beads, because at that topographic point are 108 'delusions' that forestall the attainment of enlightenment. I climb the steps to the pocket-size edifice on top. Quite a few others create likewise thus I enquire someone to accept a memorial photo, too and then I climb downwards feeling quite pleased amongst myself. Now only a few to a greater extent than kilometers walking dorsum upwardly the river to where I tin grab a rider vehicle too caput to my hotel. But inward fact, I am non quite finished. Yesterday I skipped a x kilometers department of the pilgrimage that has a pair of temples, thus earlier I tin accept the educate domicile I postulate to create that i lastly section.
Jake Davies
A Walk Around Kyushu Day 76
A Walk Around Kyushu Day 77
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