Tag: kotohira

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Kotohira to Osaka, Day 8 of 8

Not much to say about the hotel this morning. Woke up, made my way upstairs to the chaos that was a large free-for-all buffet, finished packing up, and made my way to the lobby to check out by ten for my train at 10:44.

Sep 23, 2024
Iya Valley to Kotohira, Day 7 of 8

Iya Valley to Kotohira, Day 7 of 8

This morning I woke up and had breakfast, much as usual. Check-out wasn’t until ten and the tour group had a pre-arranged taxi for me at 10:20, so after breakfast I wanted to have another soak in the rotenburo. Though as I was getting ready, the front desk called. It had started raining last night and continued into today. I didn’t think anything of it since I would be taking the taxi to the train station and then onwards. But since we were in a remote section of the island in the mountains, whenever there are heavy rains, they cancel the local services due to landslides. And that included my train that I had purchased yesterday.

Sep 22, 2024
Autumn Still Life, Konpirasan Shrine, Shikoku, Japan

Autumn Still Life, Konpirasan Shrine, Shikoku, Japan

Detail of stone lanterns in autumn at Konpirasan Shrine (also called Kotohira-gu) on the Japanese island of Shikoku.

Nov 24, 2021