June – 2016

Kotohira-gū Shrine

During my final weekend in Shikoku, one of the places I visited was Kotohira-gū (金刀比羅宮), a…

Arriving at my apartment in Tokyo on Tuesday at noon, part of me didn’t want to…

After a fun weekend exploring a few sights in Tokushima and Kagawa that I’d missed the…

I’d like to say I slept soundly last night in preparation for the final push but…

Dark clouds hung from the sky as I set out to conquer the final temple this…

With anticipation of the end building, I didn’t get a lot of sleep last night and…

After a sound nights sleep at Goshikidai hut I woke with the sunrise to a much-improved…

Today the weather didn’t seem to be able to make its mind up about whether it…

The decision to have a rest day in Marugame (丸亀市) turned out to be a good…

I visited seven temples today (71-77), more than any other day so far. Whilst not all…

I woke with the sunrise in the curtainless tsuyado at Unpen-ji (雲辺寺 – 66) this morning…

I’m writing this by torchlight tonight from the tsuyado at Unpen-ji (雲辺寺 – 66), the highest…