The 24th Day in Japan The breakfast is scheduled at 6:00 clock, as the hostess know that pilgrims have to get up earlier than normal tourists. But even at 5.00 clock is stirring in the other room was. Through the thin walls you can hear every conversation and every ever so softly asked television. At breakfast, all together again, the couple, my two gentlemen and another Japanese. Against the Japanese breakfast, I get an egg and auwei - it is unfortunately not cooked, but only to spice up the breakfast of rice! While starting, I can not deny me before with my two fellow pilgrims when we can, we adopt jointly organized by the hostess and I take a photo of her. separated on the trail, our Way, as Mr. Siam chooses a different route. While he was walking along the road 380 along willing, I will turn the shrine Mishima Jinja to the temple today to reach No. 44 on the northern route. On my way I meet a pheasant, which runs in front of me on the street, a sweet little dog and even a goat can I see today on my way to the river Ohira-gawa River. However, while I am Mishima Jinja right and after a short hike back out to get another but the same Mishima Jinja, I miss interpret my English map. After the card here, a small road running from the shrine again on 42nd Street So I leave the writing area, and I hope every moment to the nearest major road to take. But nil, here is a small road curls through the mountains. I walk about 2 km in the wrong direction until I meet a sawmill, where I can ask a worker to the pilgrim trail. The sent me back to Jinja (shrine). That is always the most frustrating when the path you have just hauled back running again need just because you missed a little something. When I finally got the Shrine Tori (gate) is reached again, I am also a sign that is unfavorable to the right attached to a hedge. When you here the cry of terrain is, you have the sign in the back. Had I but the other Tour run, I had my way out here right past. I will make the authors of the Book, if I write down my adventures pilgrims still so many improvements, so that, even in poor or lack of signage, can find their way anyway. I jot down in my notebook that I've run 4 km, but are closer to my goal of Temple No. 44.
But now I'm back on the pilgrim trail and the couple meet the ryokan (inn) again. Very nice, heavy recognize the Japanese, especially if they carry pilgrims clothes. We pass a mushroom growing and I now understand what people a few days ago with the small logs have made. Here they stand, shaded under a kind of sun protection, like little fences in the forest. I think even stems, to which one has forgotten two large shiitake mushrooms. But we walk on, always up the mountain. We have to cope with the flow and the Shomosakawa Hiwata pass before we in the next village, Kuma Kogen, or visit the nearest temple (No. 44). I am almost embarrassed by how quickly I put on the two, but I can not do halfway break. Although I am carrying around more baggage with me, I always try to take an obstacle first before I take a break - following the German motto "work before pleasure". But here there are always ways to insert a rest on a bench and I am waiting patiently for my traveling colleagues have caught up with me. We even meet up here or on two other pilgrims who like to keep a Pläuschchen us. One joins us even, but now I have to answer questions in English because the Japanese literally squeezing me. But he soon realizes that the air we actually need for the road, which here goes up the hill. Without a word, then we run like ants in a row and admire the beautiful view from up here. Until the city, we come to a modern, because over in concrete built a temple. At the sight of a boat up here, I have to smile: I always forget that while we are here in the mountains, a few miles away, begins the Inland Sea. It is also called "Seto Inland Sea" as it is the island of Shikoku and the western main island of Honshu and the northernmost main island of Kyushu separated and connected only by four straits with the Japanese Sea in the north and the Pacific Ocean in the south.
Time and again we take a break as the weather today but it is quite warm and the trails over hill and dale through the mountains. finally reach the city of Kuma, but what is it? My Japanese friends say they now want to see their ryokan and visit tomorrow the Taihōji want. I say goodbye to them and since it is only 14.00 clock, I will pay a visit to both the temple and continue to move even a good play. I cross the small foot Kuma, from which the town has its name here. A whole ARMAD carp streamers flutter from (Koi Nobori) here at a small bridge in the wind, although still far from the 5th May is, this is the day of the boy-proof, on which they are actually flown. There are no flags in the strict sense but wind bags who inform for the black koi (carp) for the father and the red for the mother's of blue koi fish, how many boys live in a family. But even so, see the fluttering carp, the symbol of Strength and endurance against the current swimming carp are very nicely made. They form together with the pink flowering cherry trees a great contrast. From the bridge I can already see that, standing between the houses, simple temple gate. The real goal (Niōmon) is still a little further and the actual temple is still a long way away by foot. I am so happy because with the main temple No. 44 I made the main temple, according to census half - now I'm in the truest sense of the word "mountain festival."
Digression No. 44 Taihōji Temple (大 宝 寺)
"The temple of the great Ark "was originally the private meeting room of a Korean monk, 701, 1st Year had been the effect of Taiho reform in Japan. Taiho or the Taiho Code was a constitutional reform in the Chinese style of Confucianism (teaching of Confucius, who each gave humanity its moral / social place in society) has been incorporated. Thus, also heads the temple name as of that date. Or it was a Japanese monk who had returned from Korea? The temple leaders contradict each other in this respect. Another legend from the 6th Century means two hunters (Ukyo and Hayato Myojin) as a temple initiators during the hunt a Jūichimen Kanzeon Bosatsu (elfgesichtige Kannon) statue have encountered. Whether the source of the Kannon worship that is in the statue of the Korean monk on, or with the brothers, who found this or any other figure in the forest, the formal establishment is attributed to Kobo Daishi, who has rebuild the Temple 810-824. According to legend, there was only barren land in this region and as the Daishi came here, lived here only a single, lonely woman who asked her to make it company. The monk in charge of the Kuma River around so that he could further flow past the temple. The redirected flow brought back the fertility of the fields and soon came back to the farmers, (1127-1192, 77th emperor) so that the woman got company bekam.1156 this temple to the place of worship of the Emperor Go-Shirakawa was, as an imperial envoy sick here for the emperor prayed. The sister of the emperor is said to have headed the temple even as abbess. Again and again the temple was ravaged by fires. Mid-18th Century was the chief temple Saishuu Hoin rebellious peasants to persuade them to return to their villages. For this he received a reward or the temple premises by the then Prince of Iyo. After the temple was burned down again in 1873, 1912, both the Main Hall (Hondo) and the Daishi Hall (daishidō) was reconstructed. The temple leaders also reported that the temple is on the Kuma hill and surrounded by a beautiful cedar forest. Interesting are the gateway to his guardian figures and the huge straw sandals (Waraji) that have been suspended. There are two bell towers, one of which, called the "Peace Bell", the souls of the victims of the 2nd to remember World War II. The "aruki Henro" (Walking pilgrims) are congratulated, because he has visited half of the temple, but he should not let the courage to fall, even if it was up to here a lot of hard work. Beware, sometimes the temple with "Daihōji" instead of "Taihōji" is transcribed, is just like the Japanese word for river sometimes described as "kawa" or "gawa"!
In the temple I find particularly impressive statue of Kannon, the beautiful, which here has set a yellow patina and provides a nice contrast to the dark green cedars. On the site there is a wall, attached to the pilgrims have their Namenszettelchen (osam fuda) - what's probably all about? Signs for the trees are set up, which I can not read unfortunately. The buildings look very old and even the Binzuru (Buddha's follower) provides in his wire crate more like a jailbird than a saint from.
excursion dates in Japan
In Japan, the date named after the emperor and his government motto. Today, Emperor Akihito is Japan, and his "government slogan" is Heisei ("peace everywhere"). 2009 would correspond to Heisei 21st The first year of a new era begins with the inauguration of a new emperor, however, ends on 31 December, so this particular year belongs to two eras. Since the Meiji Restoration (1868) there have been (2009) four years Forex / eras:
122nd Kaiser Musuhito - Motto "Meiji" in 1868 (Meiji 1) and 1912 (Meiji 45)
123rd Emperor Yoshihito - Motto "Taishoo of 1912 (Taisho 1) and 1926 (Taisho 15)
124. Emperor Hirohito - Motto "Showa" in 1926 (Showa 1) and 1989 (Showa 64)
125th Emperor Akihito - Motto "Heisei" since 1989 (Heisei 1)
In Japanese official documents from the war in late 1945 on the orders of the occupation forces used the Western era, since 6 June 1979 is again the Japanese law. Time periods in Japan usually described as the headquarters of the Government, such as Nara period (710-794), Heian (now Kyoto, 794-1192), Kamakura period (1192-1333), the Middle Ages in Muromachi (1338 -1573), Azuchi-Momoyama period (1573-1603), or Edo period (now Tokyo, 1603-1868). But
I will not keep you. I can still wander a good bit until I find a cottage or pilgrims come in an onsen (spa). I had unfortunately missed out to buy food in Kuma, and as the trail continues here on the temple grounds, I can not make a detour back to the valley. Instead, I can continue to walk, cross the tunnel and find Tōnomidō happily in the next town, here is the Sumiyoshi Shrine, give in a little shop where I buy the rumble of my stomach and even food for the next day. What I have for a pig, because the store does not appear on my credit card. Now I'm sitting here on the Pavement edge and do break, am using a vending machine. Wade my little tweaks, but I hope this evening to a hotel or at least refer to the many huts Henro (pilgrim refuge) can. It is here more quickly than expected - so a real plain stage - only here and there high but fairly jagged rocks rise up. I run a tap through the forest, but which reached the hut I do not think of me. On the way to the Onsen Koiwaya-so (Spa), I lose the trail again and landed on a natural history trail. There are signs on the plants established. I pass in front of a very rugged rock wall is a small temple houses. It dawns before, I should hurry. But when I meet again on the main road, I see no Onsen! This is the Koiwaga rocks, the most famous because most rocks of this area, right in front of a restaurant. As there is a Henro hut with toilets and vending machines, I decide to stay here. But it annoys me to the onsen after all. Although if I were the Japanese have been powerful, would have recognized that the restaurant is looking at the same time Onsen. But sometimes one is blind, because you have other ideas or expectations. In the parking lot in front of me as a camper. Will probably spend the night here, I think to myself, at least you're not alone. I unpack my self-inflating mattress, helping her with a couple of breaths to reach the full thickness. Pull my second tie trousers, my fleece jacket in my rain jacket and grab my hat and my gloves have a picnic. After I have washed my feet in the sink of the adjoining toilets and put on clean socks, I think dinner with Tucki-crackers and a can of grape soda from the vending machine. I snuggle into my sleeping bag, draw even the waterproof bag over the feet, rain poncho over my head. But the night is very cold. Here on the bench and turn I turn, passing cars blind me with its light and heavy at the thought of spiders and other insects that turn out here in Japan is always something bigger, I can find very little sleep that night.
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