Steps: 33.995 (26,3km)
Temples: 66 + 67
At 950 meters above sea level, temple 66 is the highest located of all the 88 temples on the pilgrimage.
Luckily, our wonderful inn-keeper had volunteered to drive us back to the trail head, which we passed by yesterday, saving us from 9 kilometers of backtracking.
Steps: close to zero
Temples: None
We are not a on a tight budget for this trip and most days we’re not even close to reaching our daily spending’s limit.
The only times we get close, are rainy days like today, when we are staying put in a big city with eight extra hours on hand and nothing to do … Read more
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
In the process of setting up my new website, I came across some old blog posts from our last trip to Japan. It’s funny, re-reading and re-remembering the place though my own words.
This particular post is about the first time we visited a Japanese onsen. Unfortunately, back then our blog ran on Squarespace, which means that all … Read more
