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  • Shikoku-byo & scroll At each temple on the pilgrimage I did this past June-July (in case you are just joining), I paid 300 yen to have my book stamped and signed. I also received a small slip of paper with the temp…

  • HomecomingI rode the highway bus from Namba, Osaka directly to Miki, where my old friend Kazuno lives. I was insta-happy when I saw her waiting in the car on the side of the highway. The last time I saw her and her hus…

  • one last stop to finish the pilgrimage after going back to #1, I got on the train with my friend and heading (back) to Tokushima City. I checked myself back into the Toyuku Inn and went to find dinner. Tokushima Sta…

  • Mt. Koyaaka Koya-san. The multiple train rides... followed by another ride on a ropeway car and then a bus left my tired and annoyed. So much for the voyage being relatively cheap and easy like I thought. I w…

  • Back to the StartThe pilgrimage is not completed at the 88th temple, but one customarily makes a return trip back to the first temple on the route to give thanks for a successful pilgrimage. I was having a hard time gag…

  • #88 follow the markers.... This was a lovely little cafe I stopped into in Western Kagawa. Above, some sort of jello with sweetened wheat sprinkled on it. A lovely break "enmusubi" couple decorated wit…

  • Scenes from Kagawa right after I climbed down from Umpenji, there were these fields of this... some kind of onion a) a very old house b) real estate in my price range I loved these orange flowers The inn I…

  • Ishizuchi to Kagawa! After spending the night with Kyohei's relatives, I was off and running to a few more nearby temples. I planned on getting to the two that were right there in that city, having lunch with the family…

  • Ehime & Family Now that I am back at home, I can update on the last half-ish of the pilgrimage and my time in Japan. The last time I was updating, I was in Matsuyama city with Kyohei's mom. There are many ways …

  • done!! I finished my visit to temple #88 yesterday and just made my return "thank you" trip to #1! I'm back in Tokushima city updating from my favorite Toyoko-inn. Unfortunately, I left the camera to computer adapter i…

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