Day 28 – Hostel next to Temple 38

Up at 530 am. I eat the last of my reserves before we leave. We should reach Temple 38 by noon and have lunch there. Sure enough, we roll in at 1130 am. I am stopped by some Japanese car ohenro for a picture. Then in the Temple, I meet a nice woman from Salt Lake and we talk about the ohenro. She is interested and I mention the different ways to do it. After we finish at the temple, Kachi mentions his leg is bad and wants to stop and rest. I agree. We get a hostel next to the temple. Very nice. Off to the onsen and a bit of ice cream. Dinner tonight and hopefully a good night sleep.