🌸 Noire Henro-san: Shitenno-ji
Street view to Shitenno-ji temple in Osaka, Japan.
After Koyasan
I walked more than 1200 kilometers in Japan – leaving my footprints 👣 – on an ancient path followed … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
🌸 Noire Henro san: Koyasan – Pt 2
At Okunoin, the most sacred place on Koyasan and the solemn path to Kobo Daishi’s mausoleum.
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abara-mishi, the dragon’s belly, led me out of the Garan temple complex … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
🌸 Noire Henro-san: Koyasan – Pt 1
When we walk we can walk with our ancestors and future generations. Maybe they had to walk with sorrow; perhaps they were forced to march or migrate. When we … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
🌸 Noire Henro-san: Osaka
View of Osaka, Japan from my hotel window.
Osaka, Japan’s 3rd largest city is in Osaka prefecture on the big island of Honshu. It was once the capital of … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
🌸 Noire Henro-san: Back to Temple 1
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vowed that I would visit some of my bucket list places in Japan. I did stop by a few of them. Now it is time to return to … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
🌸 Noire Henro-san: Mitakidera Temple
A wish for peace at Mitaki-dera.
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itaki-dera temple is on the outskirts of Hiroshima. The JR train is the best and quickest way to get there. Walking from … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
🌸 Noire Henro-san: Miyajima
The torii at Miyajima, up close and personal.
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iyajima is a small island less than an hour away from the city of Hiroshima.
My hotel in Hiroshima is … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
🌸 Noire Henro-san: Hiroshima
Street signs point the way to Hiroshima landmarks.
I met an amazing woman at a guesthouse in Toyohama near Unpen-ji. The temple is located on a mountain accessed … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
🌸 Noire Henro-san: Naoshima
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et on the boat! A visit to Naoshima, one of the “artist’s islands” in the Seto Inland Sea, is a bucket list item for many people. I vowed … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
🌸 Noire Henro-san: On The Threshold 2
If you find no one to support you on the spiritual path, walk alone.
Better than a meaningless story of a thousand words is a single word of deep … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
🌸 Noire Henro-san: A Wish Fulfilled
Indeed. Kagawa Prefecture, known as Nehan, is the last dojo to Okubo-ji. It is the last pilgrimage path nearing nirvana.
Reaching Okubo-ji Temple is a wish come true.
Reaching
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Rain must fall… and fall… and fall. It favors neither you nor me. My wish for the end of my walk on Shikoku was for a clear, sunny day. … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞