A Walk Around Shodoshima Day 6, To the Great Kannon Sabbatum Feb 6th Due to a combination of my ain schedule in addition to lousy conditions forecasts, it has taken a calendar month for me to survive able to larn dorsum hither to
Shodoshima hence I tin complete the final leg of my walk some the isle on the Shodoshima 88 Sacred Sites Pilgrimage. This 6th twenty-four hours of my walk the conditions is laid to survive fine for walking in addition to I am based inwards Tonoshima in addition to volition purpose the
local buses to larn dorsum in addition to forth to my diverse starting points. Today I begin from Tonosho in addition to begin to caput upwards the western side of the island. The outset temples on the route are across the narrow channel in addition to I tin regard them from my hotel, but to larn to them I must walk into the town in addition to cross the distich across the
Dobuchi Strait in addition to and then walk out again. Once I larn to the other side I sit down in addition to take away maintain a lilliputian time out in addition to a minor motorcar stops in addition to I am given the all likewise mutual interrogation: "Where are you lot going?" "Where are you lot from?" etc etc. They state me they take away maintain a invitee menage in addition to I am welcome to come upwards in addition to remain this evening costless of charge. I politely turn down equally I take away maintain already paid for my room at the hotel in addition to that is where my luggage is, hence in addition to then they invite me to come upwards for lunch. I scribble downwardly the telephone publish but don't state them that I don't take away maintain a cellphone, equally to complete the walk inwards fourth dimension I can't afford the break. They stimulate off in addition to I caput upwards a dorsum street to respect the adjacent temple, publish 61,
Jogen-an, a minor house of merely 2 minor buildings, but amongst a large tree inwards front, an Obame Oak, used to hit a especially fine type of charcoal called Binchotan. Not far upwards the coast route is the adjacent temple,
Honkaku-ji, publish 53, the temple I could regard from my hotel on the other side of the water. It's a fairly substantial temple amongst many buildings in addition to statues. Some steps Pb upwards the loma to a tall rock pillar topped amongst iv lions. This is an Ashoka Pillar, memorializing the cracking emperor Ashoka who ruled the Indian sub-continent inwards the third Century BCE who is famous for converting to Buddhism.
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| Shodoshima Pilgrims |
H5N1 path from the pillar leads upwards a lilliputian to a greater extent than to the adjacent temple, publish 65,
Komyo-an, a concrete edifice amongst no windows. Just equally I am well-nigh to larn out a mini autobus turns upwards in addition to out pile well-nigh a dozen chattering pilgrims all dressed inwards white amongst staffs in addition to all the other right pilgrim paraphernalia. This is the outset pilgrim tour grouping I take away maintain encountered on my walk on Shodoshima. I caput upwards the route towards the headland where in that location are a full of half dozen pilgrimage temples to view scattered across iii or iv line-fishing villages. Most are unremarkable, but
Shorinji, publish 68, has a overnice raked sand garden featuring a cone in addition to a pyramid. One affair that did strike me equally I was wandering some the labyrinth of narrow alleys in addition to lanes inwards the line-fishing villages was that over on the other side of the isle people were paying skilful coin to view the
24 Eyes Movie Village, a imitation reconstruction of a traditional line-fishing village, in addition to nevertheless would never dream of visiting whatever of these genuine ones.
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| Shikai, line-fishing hamlet on Shodoshima |
As I caput northward the route veers inland towards the mount ridge I know I volition take away maintain to climb over later, but outset I halt inwards at quite a substantial temple, publish 70,
Chosoji, amongst white walled grounds in addition to a bell tower gate. There is some overnice statuary in addition to gardens inside hence I intermission for a piece in addition to laid upwards for the tiresome uphill walk to come. About a kilometer farther upwards the narrow province lane a minor motorcar stops. It's the human being who stopped before this morn in addition to he tells me it's lunchtime in addition to beckons me to larn in. His house is merely 200 meters dorsum downwardly the route in addition to nosotros larn into a large log cabin, imported from Canada apparently. Inside half dozen women are busy preparing lunch.
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| Free organic luncheon at Mr. Imagawa's place |
Jiro Imagawa has quite a overnice laid up. He has a large organic farm in addition to also runs a invitee menage equally good equally having a converted barn amongst to a greater extent than spartan facilities at solely 2,000 yen a night. He offers a diverseness of "experience" tours on the island, but many of his guests are WWOOfers, people, oft foreign, who remain for costless inwards provide for a few hours project on his farm. So instead of trudging the pilgrim trail upwards into the mountains I larn to bask a delicious organic luncheon surrounded past times woman mortal company.
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