A Walk Around Kyushu
Day 71, Mimasaka to Hizennagano
Dominicus March 23rd, 2014
Today I require maintain a cluster of 3 pilgrimage temples to visit, 1 of them close the top of a mountain. It's the final twenty-four hr menstruum of basing myself inward Sasebo together with hence beingness able to walk alongside but a calorie-free pack. I studied the map final nighttime for the best route to require maintain together with ended upward deciding that in that place is no means to avoid zigzagging together with I should endure able to halt upward at a station where I tin larn dorsum to my hotel inward Sasebo 1 to a greater extent than time.
I require maintain the outset prepare out of Sasebo together with larn 1 station past times Kamiarita where I finished yesterday. There is non a cloud inward the sky. The outset temple of the day, Toko-ji, disclose 67 on the pilgrimage, is but a few minutes walk southward of the station. It's a small, rural temple alongside the solely noticeable matter beingness row upon row of jizo statues inward faded ruby bibs, nigh alongside a multicolor windmill.
Across the route is a really curious shrine. Built on a rising that is all exposed rock, a serial of empty terraces require maintain been carved into the stone inward front end of the shrine. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 signboard explains that this was an expanse where about of the Heike settled later their defeat together with a trip the calorie-free fantastic toe performed annually at the shrine was created past times them. I caput dorsum to the station together with bear on north. To my left about fairly high mountains loom.
The side past times side temple is close the top. The route leading upward to it is on the northward side then I require maintain the pocket-sized route that hugs the base of operations of the hills. When I larn circular to the route in that place is a big stone torii over a path that heads upward the mountain. This would endure the shortest route up, but nigh likely the steepest, whereas the route volition endure longer but less steep. I volition come upward downwardly the trail together with larn upward the road. Part means upward is a temple on the correct but I cause upward one's heed to cheque it out on my means down.
It's quite a climb, but every bit I've noted before, easier than anticipated. When I larn far at the temple, Saikomitsuji, I am surprised to honour it opened upward alongside soul tidying up. The guide majority said it was an unmanned temple but I justice that it beingness a Dominicus inward o-higan something volition endure going on. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 torii together with steps atomic number 82 upward the mount to the shrine on top but I cause upward one's heed against the extra climb. I am already at to a greater extent than than 450 meters together with that’s plenty climbing for the day. I caput downwardly the mount along the trail together with it's bully to endure off the roads together with walking through trees.
The trail hits the route at the pocket-sized temple I passed on the means upward together with I cross the pocket-sized span to cheque it out. There are lots of statues alongside brilliant bloom offerings together with a pocket-sized building, but a path upward the mount lined alongside however to a greater extent than statues beckons me. I genuinely didn't desire to produce whatever to a greater extent than climbing, but I started to climb anyway. I am glad I did. The path ended at a cliff confront alongside fantastic sentiment downwardly over the surrounding countryside together with carved into the cliff a giant vii meter high relief of Fudo Myo.
Beneath the statue is a huge polished steel circular mirror that I am guessing is facing towards the rising sun. Quite impressive together with completely unexpected. I caput dorsum together with bear on downwardly the trail through the forest. I hit the valley pretty speedily together with caput off towards the side past times side temple.
Not far from the base of operations of the mount I come upward to a big shrine alongside a lot of activity. Men inward suits together with women inward kimonos are milling around. This is Kurokami Shrine, or rather Lower Kurokami Shrine. The Upper Kurokami Shrine is the 1 on top of the mountain. The ceremony everyone is hither for is a Shinto trend wedding.
Many people believe this is a traditional together with ancient ceremony but its genuinely really modern together with is based on the majestic weddings of Europe. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 piddling farther along the route together with I overstep past times a supermarket where I am able to larn about lunch. I honour temple 68, Mudo-in, at the base of operations of the hills non far off the primary road. There is a prissy Fudo statue together with about strange, weathered komainu, but otherwise but about other small, rural temple.
However it seems that the priest's delineate of piece of occupation solid unit of measurement are visiting together with I am invited to sit down inward the shade together with savour a cool drink. The priest's immature adult woman or daughter-in-law speaks expert English linguistic communication together with she fetches out a photograph of the priest's brother, too a priest, coming together alongside the Pope. The onetime guy is really proud of it.
I caput off northward together with cross over the hills to hit a river that runs eventually into the Matsuura River which empties into the body of body of water at Karatsu which volition endure my destination tomorrow. I follow the track delineate a pair of stations together with past times mid afternoon hit Nagano where I larn on the prepare dorsum to Sasebo. It's a beautiful twenty-four hr menstruum together with I require maintain a few hours left to produce about exploring of shrines together with temples inward Sasebo.
Jake Davies
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Day 71, Mimasaka to Hizennagano
Dominicus March 23rd, 2014
Today I require maintain a cluster of 3 pilgrimage temples to visit, 1 of them close the top of a mountain. It's the final twenty-four hr menstruum of basing myself inward Sasebo together with hence beingness able to walk alongside but a calorie-free pack. I studied the map final nighttime for the best route to require maintain together with ended upward deciding that in that place is no means to avoid zigzagging together with I should endure able to halt upward at a station where I tin larn dorsum to my hotel inward Sasebo 1 to a greater extent than time.
I require maintain the outset prepare out of Sasebo together with larn 1 station past times Kamiarita where I finished yesterday. There is non a cloud inward the sky. The outset temple of the day, Toko-ji, disclose 67 on the pilgrimage, is but a few minutes walk southward of the station. It's a small, rural temple alongside the solely noticeable matter beingness row upon row of jizo statues inward faded ruby bibs, nigh alongside a multicolor windmill.
Across the route is a really curious shrine. Built on a rising that is all exposed rock, a serial of empty terraces require maintain been carved into the stone inward front end of the shrine. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 signboard explains that this was an expanse where about of the Heike settled later their defeat together with a trip the calorie-free fantastic toe performed annually at the shrine was created past times them. I caput dorsum to the station together with bear on north. To my left about fairly high mountains loom.
The side past times side temple is close the top. The route leading upward to it is on the northward side then I require maintain the pocket-sized route that hugs the base of operations of the hills. When I larn circular to the route in that place is a big stone torii over a path that heads upward the mountain. This would endure the shortest route up, but nigh likely the steepest, whereas the route volition endure longer but less steep. I volition come upward downwardly the trail together with larn upward the road. Part means upward is a temple on the correct but I cause upward one's heed to cheque it out on my means down.
It's quite a climb, but every bit I've noted before, easier than anticipated. When I larn far at the temple, Saikomitsuji, I am surprised to honour it opened upward alongside soul tidying up. The guide majority said it was an unmanned temple but I justice that it beingness a Dominicus inward o-higan something volition endure going on. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 torii together with steps atomic number 82 upward the mount to the shrine on top but I cause upward one's heed against the extra climb. I am already at to a greater extent than than 450 meters together with that’s plenty climbing for the day. I caput downwardly the mount along the trail together with it's bully to endure off the roads together with walking through trees.
The trail hits the route at the pocket-sized temple I passed on the means upward together with I cross the pocket-sized span to cheque it out. There are lots of statues alongside brilliant bloom offerings together with a pocket-sized building, but a path upward the mount lined alongside however to a greater extent than statues beckons me. I genuinely didn't desire to produce whatever to a greater extent than climbing, but I started to climb anyway. I am glad I did. The path ended at a cliff confront alongside fantastic sentiment downwardly over the surrounding countryside together with carved into the cliff a giant vii meter high relief of Fudo Myo.
Beneath the statue is a huge polished steel circular mirror that I am guessing is facing towards the rising sun. Quite impressive together with completely unexpected. I caput dorsum together with bear on downwardly the trail through the forest. I hit the valley pretty speedily together with caput off towards the side past times side temple.
Not far from the base of operations of the mount I come upward to a big shrine alongside a lot of activity. Men inward suits together with women inward kimonos are milling around. This is Kurokami Shrine, or rather Lower Kurokami Shrine. The Upper Kurokami Shrine is the 1 on top of the mountain. The ceremony everyone is hither for is a Shinto trend wedding.
Many people believe this is a traditional together with ancient ceremony but its genuinely really modern together with is based on the majestic weddings of Europe. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 piddling farther along the route together with I overstep past times a supermarket where I am able to larn about lunch. I honour temple 68, Mudo-in, at the base of operations of the hills non far off the primary road. There is a prissy Fudo statue together with about strange, weathered komainu, but otherwise but about other small, rural temple.
However it seems that the priest's delineate of piece of occupation solid unit of measurement are visiting together with I am invited to sit down inward the shade together with savour a cool drink. The priest's immature adult woman or daughter-in-law speaks expert English linguistic communication together with she fetches out a photograph of the priest's brother, too a priest, coming together alongside the Pope. The onetime guy is really proud of it.
I caput off northward together with cross over the hills to hit a river that runs eventually into the Matsuura River which empties into the body of body of water at Karatsu which volition endure my destination tomorrow. I follow the track delineate a pair of stations together with past times mid afternoon hit Nagano where I larn on the prepare dorsum to Sasebo. It's a beautiful twenty-four hr menstruum together with I require maintain a few hours left to produce about exploring of shrines together with temples inward Sasebo.
Jake Davies
A Walk Around Kyushu Day 70
A Walk Around Kyushu Day 72
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