After eight and a half hours of climbing up and down, we finally reached the main gate to Temple #12.
Just outside of the gate on the left side, was a very nice statue of Kobo Daishi. The stone stele on its left gives the name and number of the temple.
We stayed on the temple grounds in a large tatami-mat room. The food, which we ate in our room, was good, and some of the other people staying there drank beer or sake with their meals. We could tell because after you eat, you put the tray with the dishes and the empty bottles in the hallway, where the staff collect them at their leisure. As we walked out the front door of the building we stayed in we found these two little statues. The fence was to keep you from falling off the 4 or 5 meter drop from our level down to the road below.
Another view of the statues and the mountains in the distance.
After eight and a half hours of climbing up and down, we finally reached the main gate to Temple #12.
Just outside of the gate on the left side, was a very nice statue of Kobo Daishi. The stone stele on its left gives the name and number of the temple.
We stayed on the temple grounds in a large tatami-mat room. The food, which we ate in our room, was good, and some of the other people staying there drank beer or sake with their meals. We could tell because after you eat, you put the tray with the dishes and the empty bottles in the hallway, where the staff collect them at their leisure. As we walked out the front door of the building we stayed in we found these two little statues. The fence was to keep you from falling off the 4 or 5 meter drop from our level down to the road below.
Another view of the statues and the mountains in the distance.
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