My travels on Shikoku Island.
I have spent the last 20 hours or more traveling to Shikoku. I started with a bus to San Bernardino. A train to LA Union Station and the FlyAway to LAX. Only 0.6 miles to In-N-Out Burger. Last American meal for 3.5 months. My 12:50 am flight to Taiwan was effortless. Decent napping on Starlux …
I am two days away from another walk around Shikoku!
Great breakfast and hit the train to Temple 85. 9 am start is not bad for this day. I’m at 85 by 10 am. Very nice temple. I hit the road and have lunch at McDonalds. Yes, I just wanted a change in menu, OK? Temple 86 done! Ossetai from the stamp lady. A 88 …
I was up at 630 am and breakfast was at 7 am. I finally left the building at 8 am. I ended up at Temple 80 at 930 am because of the train schedule. Much later than I had hoped. I climbed to Temple 81 through the beautiful fall follage. Unreal. Temple 81 was stunning …
We got up and headed to the Hawaiian restaurant for breakfast and excellent coffee. I dropped Nicole off at the rail station to head back to teach English to the locals. I then hit the train to Temple 83 and walked back to Takamatsu City. I checked into the hostel, took a nap, and then …
We took the 920 am ferry back to Takamatsu City and proceeded to climb to Temple 84. Lovely walk and a very popular temple. Lots of pictures. We then walked down to get Udon from a famous restaurant. Very good. Then we walked through a village of homes that represented a historic cross section of …
My friend came into Takamatsu to show me around. We started the day with an awesome breakfast at the hostel and then headed out for the Ritsurin Garden. The garden is now in my top 5 in the world. So gorgeous. For lunch we headed to a Hawaiian restaurant that was very good and close …
I was up late and out the door at 8 am. Right before Temple 77, a gentleman gave me a religious statue as ossetai to carry. Very nice man. I finished 77 and headed to 78. Found a Joyfull on the way for lunch, yummy as usual. After 78, it started getting very overcast and …
After breakfast and dropoff, I headed out for 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, and 76. Big day. It was a pretty easy walk and no big deal for the most part. 75 was unbelievable. I did not do my homework. It is Kukai’s birthplace. I could have easily spent 2 hours there. It was huge. …
I had a wonderful breakfast with the nicest hosts. I left at 8 am to Temple 67 and arrived shortly. Temple 68 and 69 are together and a bit of a hike away. I arrived at noon and ran into my German ohenro friend. While we were talking a Japanese couple walked up and started …