A little while ago, things were rocking and rolling here in Sendai. We had a quite substantial earthquake. It was a 4 on the Japanese scale but lasted for a long time. According to the TV it was a 5+ in Fukushima, the prefecture south of us. Apparently there was little damage as is appropriate for that level of quake. At 6, things start falling down.
We left our Pilgrimage at the top of a flight of stairs with a crowd of elderly people looking at the plants along the trails. Ian and I squeezed by them. It was a little scary because of the steep drop on the side that we had to walk on, but it was not really a problem. After we got by, the trail went down and then up again to the point where we found this sign. I still wonder what "the path of long-nosed" means.
We took the shorter route and found a dirt path with no steps at all.
As we started up a really steep incline, we found that someone had anchored logs across the trail so that it was easier to walk. This trail reminded us of the trails that we had walked on Shikoku during our Henro Pilgrimage.
We reached the top of the hill and found more logs across the trail. This time they actually formed stairs because they were very close together. The first building we saw was a bell tower and behind it were two other buildings, one red and the other, smaller one natural unpainted wood.
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