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Shikoku Summer Henro Pictures UP: FINALLY!

Hey everyone! Sorry it took so gosh darn long to get these pictures up. Anyway. Enjoy! Someday in the far future, I will put up my journal entries from the month-long pilgrimage around Shikoku (plus trip to Mt. Koya), and maybe even making a informational site about the walk for all those people who want to do the 88 temple walk in Japan, but don't speak Japanese.

I really learned a lot from the trip, but especially that helping people is a great path to happiness.

I'm back in America now, looking for a job. I'll keep you updated when anything happens, or I take a lot of photos. Keep in touch!

香川県に到着！ i'm in kagawa prefecture!

香川県に到着！ i'm in kagawa prefecture!,
originally uploaded by emarrific.

the last prefecture in my pilgrimage. i will be done after a week of relatively relaxed walking. but i relaxed too much today and didnt read the map closely enough to realize there was no stores or restaurants for the first 20km. i walked at a very comfortable pace so i ended up not getting lunch until 3pm- feeling more than a little grumpy at myself. so much for "easy" kagawa i had been looking forward to.

巡礼の最後の県。比較的緩やかなペースで一週間あまりで１番の寺に戻ります。しかし今日は気を緩めすぎた。地図をあまり詳しく見てなかったけど、最初の２０kmは食べ物得るコンビニやレストランや店や機械がなかった。ペースがゆっくりだったので３時までヘトヘトな状態でやっとうどん屋さんを見つけた。香川県もおそるべしです。

遍路道しるべ渋滞 pilgrim sign traffic jam

遍路道しるべ渋滞 pilgrim sign traffic jam,
originally uploaded by emarrific.

森の眺め view of a forest

森の眺め view of a forest,
originally uploaded by emarrific.

start saving honey- i want this over our garage. ダーリンお金を貯めなさい！ガレッジに飾りたい。

start saving honey- i want this over our garage. ダーリンお金を貯めなさい！ガレッジに飾りたい。,
originally uploaded by emarrific.

dios de juego

dios de juego,
originally uploaded by emarrific.

本当に久しぶりのパチスロ屋さん。町に入りましたね。でもスペイン語？ a really rare pachinko parlor- i'm getting back into the city areas after a long jaunt in the country.

rice paddies everywhere

rice paddies everywhere,
originally uploaded by emarrific.

public art パブリックアート

public art パブリックアート,
originally uploaded by emarrific.

へぇー空き缶はこうなるんですか。 so this is what happens to recycled aluminum cans.

もしかして橋の下では攻防大師がいます saint kobo might just be unde r this bridge

もしかして橋の下では攻防大師がいます saint kobo might just be unde r this bridge,
originally uploaded by emarrific.

だからお遍路は橋の上に棒を使ってはいけませんと言う話です。 therefore pilgrims are not supposed to use their walking sticks on bridges. might wake him up.

大瀬の道の眺め view from road in ose

大瀬の道の眺め view from road in ose,
originally uploaded by emarrific.

childhood home of oe kenzaburo

今日はずっと一人で歩かなければならないと思いきや just as i was thi nking i was going to walk alone

今日はずっと一人で歩かなければならないと思いきや just as i was thi nking i was going to walk alone,
originally uploaded by emarrific.

百人のお遍路団体が現れました。今日一緒に歩いて楽しかったです。 a group of a hundred pilgrims show up. it was fun to walk with them today.

足摺岬 cape ashizuri

足摺岬 cape ashizuri,
originally uploaded by emarrific.

金剛福寺の近くにあります。本当に空と海ばかりです。 near kongofuku temple. just sky and sea.

長いトンネル long donkey tunnel

長いトンネル long donkey tunnel,
originally uploaded by emarrific.

この１・６kmのトンネルは昨日通りました。顔をカバーしながら出来るだけ速く通りました。 yesterday i had to pass through this one-mile tunnel. G covered my face with a towel and walked through just as fast as i could. blech.

民宿大岐マリンからの景色 view from ooki marine

民宿大岐マリンからの景色 view from ooki marine,
originally uploaded by emarrific.

うらやましいでしょうか？ are you jealous?

おはようございます good morning redux

おはようございます good morning redux,
originally uploaded by emarrific.

the sunrise today 今日の日の出