PEERING INTO THE ASO RING OF FIRE Call us stupid, but we went to peer into the pit of Japan’s largest active volcanoes today. Aso-san (i.e. Mount Aso) is one of the largest volcanoes in the world, with a caldera that’s about 20km in diameter and 128km in circumference. […]
THE PERFECT DAY TO GO TEMPLE SPOTTING IN DAZAIFU & HIKING UP HOMANZAN! Keen to see more of the area surrounding Fukuoka, we went to the nearby township of Dazaifu today to go temple spotting and mountain hiking. It was the perfect day for it too, with blue, […]
VIEWS OVER TOKUSHIMA FROM EYEBROW MOUNTAIN Leaving Takamatsu behind, we caught the train to our next destination today: Tokushima. This is another of Shikoku’s urban centres and our base for the next couple of days. It’s a really cute little city, built along the Yoshino River, with Mt […]
TWO TEMPLES, 1,368 STEPS & A COUPLE OF VERY TIRED CREAM PUFFS Following yesterday’s successful outing to see Yashima-ji we decided to venture a little further afield and visit 2 more of Shikoku’s pilgrimage temples: Zentsu-ji and Konpira-ji. Both were impressive in their own way – Zentsu-ji for […]
TEMPLES OF THE SHIKOKU PILGRIMAGE One of things Shikoku is famous for is the Shikoku Henro (i.e. Shikoku Pilgrimage). This 1,200km loop takes pilgrims around the entire island, visiting each of 88 major temples dotted around the isle. We contemplated doing the Shikoku Pilgrimage this trip but opted […]
Wandering Soles 