Steps: 30.303 (24,2 km)
Temples: 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8
Day four ironically started off with us not being able to find temple 4. Luckily our host had suggested we leave our backpacks and pick them back up when we came back to temple 5. As we passed by an old lady walking slowly up the … Read more
Steps: 18.979 ( 15,3 km)
Temples: 1 + 2 + 3
A lovely 10 hour nap later we woke up to another day of blue skies in Osaka. After wandering around for an hour in the enormous Osaka station we finally managed to find a bus headed to Naruto-Nishi which is less than one km from temple 1.
Steps day 1: 9494 (7,5km)
Steps day 2: 6461 (4,7km)
Hardly slept between the 28th and the 1st. No point really since we had to be up and going by 2am. So spent the evening alternating between packing, snacking and slumbering, until it was finally time to put on our … Read more
Welcome to this little series I have decided to call ‘Gearing Up for Shikoku’. In these posts I will write about some of the gear we are testing out in preparation for our trip.
Hiking shoes are a religion. Websites like “Outdoor Gear Lab”, “Gear Junkie”, “Switchback Travel” as well as countless Youtube channels dedicated to the quest of finding … Read more
I recently spoke to a colleague about our trip and he mentioned, that he himself had walked the Camino a few years back. He spoke very fondly of the trip, saying he would never forget it and that it was one of the best things he had ever done. He also mentioned how whenever he put on his backpack from … Read more
Every time I think about writing for this blog, I get overwhelmed with all the things that are happening. I want to write stuff that is useful or interesting, but honestly preparing for a trip like this also requires a lot of checking things off of lists. So here’s a list of some of the little things that make up … Read more
… and after having been closed for more than two years, today Japan is finally re-opening it’s borders to tourists.
This means that we can finally re-start our mental and physical preparations for the trip, which has now been put on hold for well over a year.
We have known about this news for a couple of weeks of … Read more
A snapshot in time: We’re nearing the end of 2021, but not, as it seems, the end of March 2020. Omikron is raging havoc on both a global and local scale, and as much as I felt sorry for the people having to postpone special celebrations during the initial lockdown almost two years (two years!) ago I am … Read more
This end of August marks the time for our originally planned departure for Japan. While many choose to do the pilgrimage in spring, enjoying Japan’s spectacular cherry blossoms, we planned instead for a (supposedly) less crowded fall foliage experience. A late-August/early-September departure would have meant starting just as the hurricane season came to an end. Similarly, we hoped that the … Read more
For many years now I have been considering getting a small tattoo on my arm. I would like it to signify something of importance, and so one of my initial thoughts was to get a tattoo to commemorate our pilgrimage after we got home. However, since the trip has now been postponed at least six months and probably also a … Read more
