After leaving Temple #29 and walking though some very low hills, we reached a river and walked along beside it for a while.
After a short while, we left the riverside and again entered low hills where we saw another old abandoned house, but with a view of the more built up area closer to Kochi City. The Buddhist idea of constant change is made very real by the devastation that the economic turn down has caused in Shikoku. Things arise and disappear according to the circumstances. Here the culture, people and structures, arose and are now disappearing, the cause in both cases being mainly economic.
We climbed on last short, steep hill and from the top could see Kochi City. A beautiful park full of blossoming cherry trees spread out before us.
At the bottom of the hill we found this strange structure. The first floor was mostly open and seemed to be a storage area for a construction company of some kind. An array of small buildings and rooms had been build on the roof of the storage area.
We were almost at the temple and found an interesting sight. It is hard to see but this is a sacred rock. It is Shinto as you can tell by the zig-zag paper streamers that are tied to the rope that goes around the stone and the one that goes around the fence. Temple #30 and the Tosa Shinto Shrine are side by side so this Shinto rock, so near the temple was not a surprise.
After a short while, we left the riverside and again entered low hills where we saw another old abandoned house, but with a view of the more built up area closer to Kochi City. The Buddhist idea of constant change is made very real by the devastation that the economic turn down has caused in Shikoku. Things arise and disappear according to the circumstances. Here the culture, people and structures, arose and are now disappearing, the cause in both cases being mainly economic.
We climbed on last short, steep hill and from the top could see Kochi City. A beautiful park full of blossoming cherry trees spread out before us.
At the bottom of the hill we found this strange structure. The first floor was mostly open and seemed to be a storage area for a construction company of some kind. An array of small buildings and rooms had been build on the roof of the storage area.
We were almost at the temple and found an interesting sight. It is hard to see but this is a sacred rock. It is Shinto as you can tell by the zig-zag paper streamers that are tied to the rope that goes around the stone and the one that goes around the fence. Temple #30 and the Tosa Shinto Shrine are side by side so this Shinto rock, so near the temple was not a surprise.
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