The day was rainy and we had to climb to the highest point on our whole pilgrimage. Then we had to go down about 300 meters before climbing back up to almost the same maximum. Because of the rain and clouds, remained quite dark and gloomy all day, especially in the deep woods on the mountainsides, which was where we spent most of the day. The next picture shows me in my rain gear with my backpack covered in plastic. The straw hats come in a variety of prices. The lowest priced ones do not keep off the rain. The mid priced ones, which is what we bought, come with a plastic cover. The expensive ones are well enough made that the rain can not get through the weaves.
In spite of the gloom, it was actually quite pretty in the woods as you can see in the next picture. Also it was quiet, almost no noise at all. Soon after starting out we reach an altitude above the birds so we no longer heard their songs. Also in the deep woods there was not much for them to eat so they tended to stay near the built up areas.
If you look carefully, you can see me in the middle of the picture about one third of the way down from the top.
This is me at the highest point on our pilgrimage. There was a huge tree and a statue of Kobo Daishi. I am standing next to the fence that went around the tree. I believe the main reason for the fence is to keep people from carving their names into the tree. The building in the background is a small temple, probably holding more statues.
This view, from the other side, shows the tree. The little building covers another statue and there were a number of one yen coins (about a penny) laying in front of it as offerings.
In spite of the gloom, it was actually quite pretty in the woods as you can see in the next picture. Also it was quiet, almost no noise at all. Soon after starting out we reach an altitude above the birds so we no longer heard their songs. Also in the deep woods there was not much for them to eat so they tended to stay near the built up areas.
If you look carefully, you can see me in the middle of the picture about one third of the way down from the top.
This is me at the highest point on our pilgrimage. There was a huge tree and a statue of Kobo Daishi. I am standing next to the fence that went around the tree. I believe the main reason for the fence is to keep people from carving their names into the tree. The building in the background is a small temple, probably holding more statues.
This view, from the other side, shows the tree. The little building covers another statue and there were a number of one yen coins (about a penny) laying in front of it as offerings.
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