Shikoku - A journal of my 1,400km pilgrimage on foot around the 88 temples associated with the Buddhist monk Kūkai (Kōbō Daishi) on the island of Shikoku, Japan. April 30 to June 20, 2016.

Day 47: The Final Countdown

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…

Today was a 40km straight shot from Saijō City to Shikoku-chuo City along the concave top…

I woke extra early at 5.30am today, in order to make a head start on the…

Unlike Kochi Prefecture, the temples in Ehime are far closer together and today we visited four…

We woke this morning to the smell of freshly baked bread which Shin-San, at Hōjōsuigun Youth…

I woke extra early this morning at 5am since I wanted to get as much walking…