Thursday, April 4, 2013

Day Six

Temples: 18-22
Distance:  56 km (34.8 miles)
Lodging: Emoto Business Ryokan (えもとビジネス旅館), perfectly decent but way out of the way.


 
   Cherry blossom flood!

 
 
 
Narrow bridge over deep ravine + high winds = kind of scary 

Palm Trees, who knew? 
 
Only 3k left to temple 22 and the end of the day 
 
 
Doing two Mountain Temples in one day means lots of vistas
 
  I saw lots of cemented-over slopes doing battle with entropy
 
 
"It's turtles all the way down" 

Someone's backyard 
 
Do "Look out for forest fires" signs actually help people? 
 
 
 
Domestic-only phones are one of the many mysteries of modern Japan 
 
 
Tsunami evacuation route