Monthly Archives: October 2015

Similar weather. Walk is to a small rural ryokan, just three rooms, no services. Nice people, first really excellent Japanese bath. Felt very good after a hard days walk. Tough surface today; surface, to me, matters more than ascent and … Continue reading →

Sunny,warm Early breakfast after a night on futons. Hossinmon-oji a gateway to the grand Hongu Taisha. The latter one of the five great shrines.This is a world heritage shrine and the path we are on is marketed with the Camino … Continue reading →

Same weather continues. A bit confused about Japanese bath etiquette. I have been observing the system. Some come in rinse off quickly and then sit in bath washing up thoroughly afterwards. Others the reverse which is how I was taught. … Continue reading →

Sunny a little cooler Subway, train, and then bus to the start of the trail. Several hours of travel to get to there, there being the location of the first Oji shrine, at Takajiri, location of one of the five … Continue reading →

Sunny warmish Mostly a rest and shopping day; saving the feets for the morrow. Out lasting impression will be the density of shopping. Everywhere. Spent time today getting cash. No bank atm would take our card. Headed to a trusty … Continue reading →

BSJ Kasugo Shrine     In Album 10/26/15 Check this out on Google+

BSJ Isuien garden Nara went there due to recommendation of a local     In Album 10/26/15 Check this out on Google+

BSJ. Todaiji Temple Nara        In Album 10/26/15 Check this out on Google+

Sunny a little less warm. Morning Japanese bath report: 107.6 He was ascetic thin, ribs almost bursting through, a smidge less than six feet, sitting in a lotus position, back so perpendicular it makes one think of a right angle … Continue reading →

Saturday sunny warm The Japanese bath, today, was only 106.2. Lack of process control? My thermometer is my Cascio pathfinder each. Either way, some Japanese system is out of control. While heading to Osaka castle we passed a large group … Continue reading →