A Walk Around Shodoshima Day 2, Afternoon Fri Dec 25th Faced alongside a pick most which route to accept I opt for what is belike the to a greater extent than hard choice -walk upwards the mount together with accept the ropeway down. I am non a masochist, but I am walking a pilgrimage, together with it has been my sense that the to a greater extent than endeavor that is involved inwards the journeying hence the to a greater extent than satisfying are the rewards.
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| The trail upwards to Sekimondo |
The route is steep together with windy together with heads upwards a narrow gorge. It's a concrete route alongside corrugations to assistance vehicles inwards icy weather condition I guess. On the agency upwards the sides of the steep valley shape into spires together with jagged peaks. It's steep all the agency until I accomplish
Sekimondo, temple break xviii on the pilgrimage. It is really impressive, alongside a cave temple, natural rock arch, together with multiple edifice perched upwards the valley. The trail carries on upwards to the top of
Kankakei Gorge, afterwards initiative off passing through the opening inwards the cliff that makes the natural rock bridge, the
sekimon. It is simply equally steep equally the initiative off one-half of the trail together with I laid about to uncertainty the wisdom of my choice. I stagger out at the parking lot of the upper station of the ropeway together with my legs are most done in. It is lunchtime together with already I must induce got climbed most a K meters inwards total. After a hot java from a vending machine I induce got a await from some of the viewpoints, together with the views are great, but I require to press on equally the 24-hour interval is disappearing fast.
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| Inotani Pond at the lower destination of Kankakei Gorge |
I percentage the ropeway downward alongside a French family, together with they offering me a ride inwards the
taxi that is waiting for them at the bottom, I'm tempted but spend upwards gracefully. From hither it should all last downhill. Once I larn dorsum to where I started upwards to Sekimondo, I detect a footpath that goes straightaway downward rather than having to walk along the route which winds dorsum together with forth, saving me most a kilometer. The path comes out at the large dam inwards a higher house Kusukabe together with hence I come inwards the outskirts of the minor town. I induce got a combat of problem finding the adjacent temple but a piddling onetime lady points me inwards the correct direction. Number 19,
Kinoshita-an, is a minor hermitage but I am outset to appreciate the unpretentiousness of these minor establishments. They are really welcoming together with completely lacking inwards ostentation. Another kilometer together with I'm inwards the middle of an urban expanse together with I detect break 21,
Seikenji, a somewhat larger temple alongside some curious sculptures inwards the green adjacent door. The afternoon becomes golden equally the Sun rushes towards the horizon. I cutting dorsum upwards a piddling valley together with detect the adjacent temple, break 17
Ichinotani-an, snuggled against the hillside. It's some other minor hermitage. According to the map the adjacent temple is downward the valley hence around together with upwards the adjacent piddling valley over, most i together with a one-half kilometers, but signs at Ichinotani-an quest to a footpath that goes through the woods.
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| Gokurakuji Temple, Shodoshima |
Once in i lawsuit again the route for walking pilgrims is much shorter than for those driving. The concluding temple of a really long 24-hour interval was
Gokurakuji, break 16, together with was quite impressive existence reached across a couplet that spanned a broad pond inwards forepart of the temple. By at nowadays the valley was inwards shadow together with it was cooling downward chop-chop hence I headed straightaway downward to the principal route to grab a jitney dorsum to my minshuku equally the Sun dipped below the horizon across the sea. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 long 24-hour interval filled alongside smashing sights together with dainty weather.
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