Everything is finished. I've packed and repacked. Been to the store for a last time and bought a long shoehorn because the back of my new shoes are still stiff. My wife made cookies for us and those are carefully divided into two equal bags. Tomorrow's clothes are carefully laid out and ready. All the things I will carry in my pockets and in a small bag are by the door. Money, tickets and access card for my postal savings account are checked and double checked. The train tickets are with the stuff by the door, and Keeko has been contacted and she confirmed that she will meet us in Osaka and guide us to the bus depot, which is in another station.
I will now go and relax over supper with my wife and then watch a little TV before going to bed early. I have set the alarm for 4 a.m. and expect to leave the house just after 5 a.m.
My next posting here will be some time after I have actually started on the Henro Pilgrimage, probably from the train tomorrow.
This blog will continue show the photos that I take as I live and vacation in Japan. I particularly love to walk and have a strong interest in Buddhism and Shinto so I will be showing the temples, shrines and other interesting things that I discover.
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February
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- Final day at home
- Tomone is really Japanese
- March weather in Shikoku
- Still having visitors
- Sunday morning catch up
- A few days of relaxation
- Getting reorganized
- My latest drawing - not yet finished
- Two pictures from yesterday
- Re-scheduled
- Schedule note
- Pilgrimage postponed
- Books about the Henro Pilgrimage
- More on backpacks
- A new backpack?
- The stuff I am taking
- Getting ready slowly
- Fibbing again
- Earthquake again
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About Me
- Charles
- Nakagawa-machi, Chikush-gun, Fukuoka-ken, Japan
- I have lived in Japan since 1976 and now consider it to be my permanent home. I have a very varied background having studied engineering, Japanese and East Asian studies, and education at the university level. I spent ten years in the Army where my job involved Area Studies, mostly in East Asia. When I started to teach in Japan, it was at a post high school level and, after I completed a PhD in education, I moved to a university where I become a full professor. After retiring, I taught part-time but am now completely retired and spend my enjoying myself. I am reasonably fluent in Japanese and at present all of my friends are elderly Japanese.
1 comment:
Well...it's March 1st, everythiong was packet, and that photograph is....the earlier shinkansen going to Tokyo. It means that you have started your trip.
Enjoy the pilgrimage!!!!
The best for both of you.
Maggye
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