🌸 Noire Henro-san: Lotus Rain
Weather report: Big rain on the way. Typhoon forecast in the West North Pacific. 5 days, 6 hours duration.
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was on top of a mountain on a … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
🌸 Noire Henro-San: Cultural Property Trove
A view down Mount Shiromine on the pilgrimage path to temple 81, Shiromine-ji. It is an Important Cultural Property Trove!
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hew! The night passed so fast! It’s time … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
🌸 Noire Henro-san: A Pagoda Tale
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uddhist temple precincts were built originally on large properties. A pagoda was a safe repository for important documents and ephemeral goods. Fires, floods, bombings, and other disasters destroyed … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
🌸 Noire Henro-san: Way to Peace
View of the Seto Inland Sea from temple 78. Do you imagine peace?
If I don’t let go, then I will suffer. I am learning that just letting go … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
🌸 Noire Henro-san: Side by Side
This walk on the Mairi path was not in a straight line for me. I began at temple 75, then, temple 74, temple 72, temple 73, and temple 71. … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
🌸 Noire Henro-San: Passions, Lies, Delusions
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ince ancient times, Mt. Iyadani was worshipped as a sacred mountain. It is venerated as one of the three most sacred places in Japan. Believers accept that Buddhas … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
🌸 Noire Henro-San: Monk Kukai
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emple 73, Shusshaka-ji, and Temple 72, Mandara-ji, are about a ten minute walk from each other. All the temples on the Mairi path are close to one another. … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
🌸 Noire Henro-san: The Lower Bunk
Walking the path gives me time to think about the changes that I face growing older. I look forward to the physical, mental and spiritual transformations that challenge me. … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
🌸 Noire Henro-san: His Father’s Name
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taying at the renovated guesthouse was fun. I was given the tour by my host, but I did my own peeking when I could. Why? To study the … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
🌸 Noire Henro-san: Mairi Path
Stairs to Iyadani-ji Temple in Kagawa Prefecture
Legend of Mairi on Shikoku
The Mairi path, the section from Temples 71 to 78 in the Nirvana stage of Shikoku pilgrimage … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
🌸 Noire Henro-San: In The Heart of A Master
Sight for a weary heart: the five-storied pagoda at Temple 70
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Headquarters Temple
Niwang gate or Nio-mon Gate, which was built in the late Kamakura period, is … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
🌸 Noire Henro-San: Kotohiki Park
Zenigata Sunae (coin-shaped sand art) at Kotohiki Park.
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had one more day remaining at the guesthouse in Toyohama and Kanonji, my plan was to rest easy. I bought … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞