Tokushima - Tokushima Prefecture (徳島県)

Jōuman-ji Zen Temple

On my way back from Todoroki Kujūku-taki I stopped at Jōuman-ji (城満寺) temple, the oldest Zen…

Back during my recent trip to Tokushima in Shikuku, I had the chance to head inland…

I always knew I would return to Shikoku although I hadn’t anticipated it would be quite…

For my last full day in Shikoku, Masako was kind enough to drive me around Tokushima,…

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

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

Waking up at 5am this morning it was already raining. Hard. I knew I would have…

After the 30km double-mountain hike of yesterday, it was hard getting up this morning but I…

Yesterday after posting my last entry something very fortuitous happened; at around 8.30pm a woman called…

Up until today, Chen has been walking with me but unfortunately she has to return to…

Since we’re so close to Tokushima City we decided to have a bit of break today…

It rained hard throughout the night but luckily by 6am when we rose for breakfast it…