Temple #75 – April 12, 2019

• Friday, April 12, 2019, Day 30
• Temples: #71, #72, #73, #74, #75, #76, #77, #78, and #79
• Muroto City, Japan
• Weather: 45-55 degrees blue skies with white clouds
• Miles 27.3 miles (3 trains) / Total Miles 595.1

Temple #75 is colossal. It expands over two city blocks with a street bisecting it. It is the birthplace of Kūkai who posthumously is named Kōbō Daishi (774-835). It is the third most important site relating to Kōbō Daishi of the 88 Temples. I walk the Kaidan-meguri which is a 90-meter path under the Main Temple done in total darkness. Always keeping my left hand on the smooth cold stone left wall, it becomes my guide through the maze.

1. Temple #75
2. Temple #75 Kaidan-meguri only lit section
3. Temple #75