- 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.
- Temple #75
- Temple #75 Kaidan-meguri only lit section
- Temple #75