🌸 Noire Henro-san: Rolling into Kochi
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rom Hiwasa, many people take the bus to Muroto City because places to stay and eat in that stage are sparse. Why? The distance between temples 23 and … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
🌸 Noire Henro-San: Rainy Night in Hiwasa
Illuminated Temple 23 on a rainy night.
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ast post, I checked into a nice hostel in town. It is also a bar. The establishment is … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
🌸 Noire Henro-san: Healing Temple
Temple 23: The Healing Temple
Time heals a wound or two. After that fall before temple 12, I got up and got on. I resumed my pilgrimage walk. For … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
🌸 Noire Henro-san: Temple of Equality
I take one step, then another… inching toward the end of Tokushima prefecture. For some reason, my efforts to finish this dojo have been just that – excruciatingly slow. … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
🌸 Noire Henro-San: High In The Sky
Approaching the gate at Temple 21 on Shikoku 88.
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hile I am thinking about Golden Week, my goal is to finally exit Tokushima prefecture. I am getting … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
🌸 Noire Henro-san: Golden Week
Something always happens that brings up our fears. It doesn’t have to stop us.
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olden Week is a nine day period in Japan from 29 April to 5 … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
🌸 Noire Henro-san: On The Surface – Pt 2
Mountain trail sign pointing to temple 21 – Taryuji 太龍寺.
Scenery and mountain trail surfaces are a little different today. Paved walking surfaces are by no means the flavor … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
🌸 Noire Henro-San: Long is the Short of It
Granite pillar on a road pointing to Temple 20 on Shikoku pilgrimage.
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limbing a mountain to get to temple 20 takes a lot of walking, breathing, and revving … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
🌸 Noire Henro-san: On The Surface – pt 1
A paved concrete surface at the fountain helps keep the surrounding area safe and dry.
A complaint from ohenros on the pilgrimage path is that the walking surface is … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
🌸 Noire Henro-san: Planting Seeds
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am back on the pilgrimage trail! Blessings to all. I was thinking to myself – as I am apt to do on the trail – that some things … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
🌸 Noire Henro-san: Out of Tokushima
I can’t fall down with my feet up at a resting spot near temple 11 on Shikoku 88 above Tokushima prefecture in Japan.
Continuing on the trail
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here … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
🌸 Noire Henro-san: Woman Tao
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inding my way is my purpose, no matter where I am, I never truly get lost. Simply living, feeling, and experiencing life.
The “Tao” signifies the way, path, … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞