After Chiyoe and I parted ways at 8:00 am, I spent the day bicycling in to Ehime prefecture. There were only two temples along the way, Enkōji and Kanjizaiji, but the coastline was beautiful as always.
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| Ehime coast, late afternoon |
At the first temple I met another guy doing the 88 temples by bicycle, Inoue-san. A high-school teacher in his late 20s, he's doing the temples and camping out each night. We bicycled together for the last 50 km of the day, but I couldn't manage to keep up with him...must be my age...although we did run into each other occasionally over the next several days.
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| Pilgrim at Kanjizaiji |
I found another quaint ryokan to stay in, Ōhata, right by the river. The food was hearty, the beer good, and the evening view was great.
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| My Room at Ohata, the full moon and a hawk |
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