A Walk Around Shodoshima Day 7 The North Coast Sunday, Feb seventh 2016 I cause got the commencement coach out of Tonosho Port too larn off inwards front end of the
Great Kannon. The coach has climbed steadily all the agency too the route straightaway drops downward towards the coast. Looming inwards a higher house the hills the l meter tall statue of Kannon is all pink, orange, too golden inwards the lite of the sunrise, but the warm colours belie the bitterly mutual frigidness current of air that is blowing.
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| The Great Kannon of Shodoshima catches the commencement rays of dawn |
Though it promises to live a sunny day, this is the commencement fourth dimension I cause got felt mutual frigidness hither on Shodoshima too thence pass a few minutes sheltering from the current of air inwards a coach shelter. Heading downward the road, the coast of
Okayama is clearly visible across the water, illuminated past times the golden lite of the sunrise. It's non far to the commencement temple of the day, break 75, a fairly substantial temple amongst several small-scale halls too a concrete primary hall. Still inwards the shadow of the mountains, it's mutual frigidness too in that place is no-one some thence I don't tarry. I cross over the primary route too caput downward a narrow lane too and thence a path to accomplish
Sangyo-an Hermitage, the okunoin "inner hall" of temple 76 lower downward inwards the adjacent village. I similar these hermitages -not at all austere too really welcoming. This i has a boundary amongst a statue of
Kobo Daishi, the focus of this pilgrimage. The boundary too statue has a natural roof of some form of dense bush. I behave on downhill but earlier reaching 76 I follow the loma some too caput upwards the piddling valley to temple 77,
Kankiji, stopping inwards commencement at a small-scale hamlet shrine amongst a really tall, onetime camphor tree inwards front end of it. Kankiji was a medium sized temple, white-walled, amongst a small-scale bell tower too a really broad primary hall, too amongst slap-up views looking downward on the line-fishing hamlet of Yakatazaki too the shores of Okayama beyond.
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| A small-scale wooden Jizo at Kankiji Temple |
It's a too thence infinitesimal walk downhill into the hamlet to accomplish break 76,
Kongoji, non a large temple, but amongst a largish bell tower gate. The Sun is high plenty straightaway that I am inwards the bright sunshine too it's a pleasant stroll along a lane, over the ascent to the line-fishing hamlet of Kitaura too Togenji Temple, non numbered but i of the "extra" temples known equally
bangai on the famous Shikoku Pilgrimage. Kongoji is an unremarkable temple amongst a gate educate inwards a white wall. When I commencement came to Nippon I was struck how amongst their rock retaining walls topped amongst white plaster walls thence many temples looked similar miniature castles. Now I am dorsum on the primary coast route too the agency heads east. Though the primary route in that place is really piddling traffic. For close an lx minutes I pace along amongst the bounding main to my left too the province rising steeply to my correct too I reverberate in i trial once again how enjoyable this pilgrimage has been. This is my 6th long distance pilgrimage, albeit the shortest, but inwards many ways it has been noticeably the most enjoyable. Having had proficient conditions is an obvious help, but non having whatever busy roads or cities also is a large plus. Then in that place are the amazing
cave temples too the hospitality of the local people, but I intend the biggest summation is the overall diverseness inwards such a brusk distance.
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| The small-scale line-fishing harbour at Kitaura on the due north coast of Shodoshima |
Ahead I tin encounter the
michi no eki, route station, that houses a
small museum close the local rock quarries that supplied some of the rock for
Osaka Castle, but only earlier reaching it I caput inland along the banking enterprise of the river that enters the bounding main hither too caput to temple 78,
Unko-An. Before reaching it I halt inwards at the hamlet shrine amongst some other huge camphor tree inwards the grounds too also a raised bed of white sand amongst a rotting rope circle set on it - a sumo ring. I notice the temple built only inwards a higher house what used to live a small-scale quarry that supplied some of the stones to Osaka. Back downward the contrary banking enterprise of the river too I see the small-scale museum which truly has quite a large collection of tools too equipment that were used inwards older days for quarrying too working the granite blocks. In the belatedly forenoon Sun I behave on along the coast road.
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