Haven’t you wanted someone to hold your hand as you embark on something new, something foreign? From research I knew the trip would take four train transferring on three different lines with a 5-10 minute connection time. Saburo assured me I could do it and did it was what I did without holding anyone’s hand.
Tamaki Shrine.
Tamaki Shine funded by Saburo’s great grandfather and grandfather is on the Kumano Kodo.
We earned a dual certificate for walking the Kumano Kodo and the Santiago de Compostelle Camino.
Conical hats…
OVERVIEW
A thousand years ago only emperors traveled to Hayatama-Taisha Shrine by boat. Now it’s a VISA opportunity for all.
Celebrate walking the Kumano Sanzan with raw fish, sushi. Incredibly delicious. I’ve learned not to ask what I am eating until I’ve cleaned my plate…eel. Now home to watch the LA Dodgers play Chicago Cubs at Tokyo Dome on TV. So Japanese.
Climbing 500 brutally steep and irregular shaped stone steps to hopefully our last shrine of the day has mustard all my willpower.
Having walked 55 arduous miles, we have arrived at our last Kumano Sanzan, the trio of the three great Kumano shrines.
These aren’t the California surfing waves of the Pacific Ocean. Surfing season is typhoon season August to October.
Linda Scandore 