I just check the March weather in Shikoku, specifically in Kochi, which we will transit around the middle of our trip.
The average high and low temperatures and the average rain fall for each day were given.
March 1
---average high = 14 degrees Celsius
---average low = 3 degrees Celsius
--- average rainfall = 0.43 cm
March 23
---average high = 16 degrees Celsius
---average low = 6 degrees Celsius
--- average rainfall = 0.66 cm
In light of this I am thinking about changing the clothes that I will take. It seems that I will not be able to wear the heavy pants because they will be too hot. Also I will not need the jacket.
This morning I packed my backpack and it is heavier than a expected, about 8 kilograms. If I leave some of the heavier clothing it will make the pack lighter and I won't be carrying something that I won't use. Another possibility is to just take the stuff and then mail it back from Shikoku, but that is an extra expense. I guess that I will just sleep on it tonight and decide tomorrow, when I unpack and then repack my bag.
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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- 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:
Hi Charles, great blog! We are an Australian trio (aged long distance walkers) wanting to walk the pilgrim temple walk in April next year. I can't find any good weather info for that time of year and wondered if you knew how likely we are to strike rain? And have you done this walk? Thanks, Penny
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