A Walk Around Shodoshima Day four Back into the mountains Dominicus Dec 27th Yesterday was spent to a greater extent than ofttimes than non walking along coastline, but today I caput dorsum into the higher country. The laid about ii days of the walk included visits to roughly of the amazing
cave temples of the island, together with today at that spot volition survive roughly more. Tonight I volition survive staying inward Tonosho, therefore for the laid about fourth dimension I volition survive carrying my total pack alongside me.
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| Dawn over the hills of Shodoshima inward a higher house Ikeda Port. |
I larn off the jitney non long later sunrise together with laid about heading upwards a pocket-sized valley towards
Hoanji, temple 40. It is located at the caput of the valley together with approached upwards steps. It was pretty enough, alongside roughly odd piffling statues inward shrines at the base. In the grounds of the temple was a stone statue of the reclining Buddha, non therefore mutual inward
Japan, together with a pocket-sized wooden Fudo. Bathed inward dawn's low-cal it was high plenty to conduct maintain a thought over Ikeda. The priest's married adult woman (or sister, or daughter) was loading a motorcar together with was sort plenty to exhibit me where the trail upwards the mount began. Pretty steep, but overnice to survive amid trees alongside the rustle of dead leaves underfoot. The path comes out on a pocket-sized asphalt route that winds along the mountainside to the entrances to the adjacent ii temples. From hither the thought is to a greater extent than expansive together with Tonosho is inward view. Ahead I grab a glimpse of roughly light-green roofs at the base of operations of the cliffs roughly agency ahead. I make the plough off that heads upwards the mount to
Bukkoku-san. It's real steep together with later a spell opens out to a parking area. Passing betwixt the stone
Nio guardians the agency is directly lined alongside stone lanterns. As I approach the gate a statue of
Kobo Daishi is perched on a stone overlooking visitors.
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| Stone statue of Fudo Myo, the primary deity at Bukkokusan Temple. |
In front end of the cave entrance is a curious statue of a manly individual together with woman individual Ogre, he red, she blue. The even out behind it together with total details of this together with the adjacent cave temple
Nishinotaki tin survive
found inward a total article here. The cave entrance is fronted past times a pocket-sized construction alongside a temple roof. Inside is similar a grotto, alongside many candles supplying the solely illumination. There are numerous altars together with statues, but the primary i is Fudo Myo. Back downwardly at the gate I honour the footpath that goes along the side of the mount to Nishinotaki. Once i time again the footpath is the quickest together with easiest route. If I were inward a motorcar I would conduct maintain to walk all the agency downwardly to the motorcar park, stimulate downwardly to the asphalt mount road, become along a ways together with therefore stimulate up, park, together with therefore climb roughly more. By pes its only a x infinitesimal stroll alongside no climbing involved.
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| Looking downwardly on Tonosho from Nishinotaki Temple. |
Nishinotaki is a much larger temple complex, below sheer cliffs towering inward a higher house the buildings, The primary hall fronts a cave, but the entrance to the cave is through a tunnel to the left of the primary hall. There are statues everywhere, many of Fudo Myo, together with the views over the isle together with body of body of water to
Shikoku beyond are stunning. Higher than the primary hall is a large edifice on a concrete framework that projects out. This is a Goma Hall where burn downwardly rituals are held inward front end of nonetheless roughly other Fudo Myo statue. The immature priest directs me to roughly other large stone carving of Fudo at the base of operations of the cliff. All inward all the temple is a surprising large complex considering its location. From the primary edifice a long stairway, lined alongside
lanterns, Pb downwardly to the motorcar park. From hither I follow the driveway downwardly equally far equally the primary road, together with from hither I accept a footpath that continues to descend to the hamlet below together with the adjacent few sites on the
pilgrimage.
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