Today we got a taste of walking the Nakasendo Trail through small rural communities and across a mountain pass surrounded by cedar and bamboo forests.
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Wendy had always had a visit to Japan on our to-do list. Family connections to Japan had been the inspiration to explore a country, culture, food and sights. Including an extended pilgrams’ walk into the experience brought us face-to-face with aspects of life in Japan we may have otherwise missed.
Travelling to Nakatsugawa
Today was all about getting from Koyasan to Nakatsugawa via public transport linking up busses, a cable car, fast trains and really fast trains before a short walk to our overnight accommodation.
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Exploring Koyasan
Today we headed back into the mountains south of Ōsaka to the 1,203 year old temple town of Koyasan founded by Kōbō Daishi.
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Sightseeing in Kotohira
Today was a day at leisure having finished the Shikoku 88 Pilgrims Walk yesterday. So we thought nothing of visiting another temple at the top of over 700 stairs!
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