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