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18 March 2025 - Day 16 -Temples 34 and 35 - 28 km
A nice breakfast with Joe and Johan, then I was on the road again in the cold sunshine, direction Tanemaji (Temple 34). The walk was...

carolebertemes
Mar 18, 20252 min read


17 March 2025 - Day 15 -Temples 31, 32 and 33 - 21 km
The morning started with a beautiful sunrise and another excellent breakfast. I stepped out of the Business Hotel I stayed at and...

carolebertemes
Mar 17, 20253 min read


16 March 2025 - Day 14 - 2 Temples and loads of rain - 22,5 km walked officially plus 2-3 km more
Here’s to not letting anything get you down, making the best out of everything and being flexible! Why? I’ll get to that later. The...

carolebertemes
Mar 16, 20252 min read


15 March 2025 - Day 13 - Temple 28 - 23,5 km
This morning, breakfast was at 7, so I left the Inn just before 8. Due to my problems in finding lodgings the last days, today’s stage...

carolebertemes
Mar 15, 20252 min read


14 March 2025 - Day 12 - Temple 27 - 30 km on foot with elevation gain of 725 m
I have been here on Shikoku for almost 2 weeks now and it does feel strange to have a “normal” hotel room with my own toilet, shower and...

carolebertemes
Mar 14, 20253 min read


13 March 2025 - Day 11 - Temples 24, 25, 26 - 27 km on foot
Yes I cheated. No I don’t feel bad about it. But first things first. We had an excellent breakfast at our inn and then it was time to say...

carolebertemes
Mar 13, 20252 min read


12 March 2025 - Day 10 - No Temples - On the way to the Cape - 23,5 km
A late lazy breakfast with a question: how to eat a fried egg with chopsticks? The two young Japanese men next to me were not going to...

carolebertemes
Mar 12, 20252 min read


11 March 2025 - Day 9 - No Temple - a new beginning in a new Prefecture - 25 km of which 1,7 through tunnels
Even though the accommodation felt spooky with me as a lonely guest in a huge infrastructure that resembled a very old hospital or mental...

carolebertemes
Mar 11, 20252 min read


10 March 2025 - Day 8 - No temple - via the Minami-Awa Sunline road to Mugi 24 km
I had a nice unplanned breakfast with Sam at the Inn next to mine, and the innkeeper spoke Japanese to me as apparently my accent in...

carolebertemes
Mar 10, 20252 min read


9 March 2025 - Day 7 - Temples 22 - 23 - Finally the Ocean!! - 23 km Altitude gain 850 m
My calves are sour, every step and mainly every stair hurts. Ist that a surprise after several thousand stairs in the woods and at...

carolebertemes
Mar 9, 20252 min read


8 March 2025 - Day 6 - Temples 20 - 21 - two hard beauties - 29,10 km, 1496 m altitude gain
Our hostess has made us a yummy breakfast and given us an onigiri (rice ball) and an egg for the road so Andre and I walked off at 7 to...

carolebertemes
Mar 8, 20252 min read


7 March 2025 - Day 5 - Temples 18 - 19 and out of Tokushima - 23 km
The night in my bunk bed in the ladies’ dorm occupied by 12 women was surprisingly quiet. Not a sound from any of the other guests. …...

carolebertemes
Mar 7, 20252 min read


6 March 2025 - Day 4 - Temples 13 - 17 - The sun does exist in the Empire of the Sun - 31,3 km
Today was going to be a long but easy walk and I headed off with Nicolas the Canadian. The easy walk turned into a repetition of...

carolebertemes
Mar 6, 20252 min read


5 March 2025 - Day 3 - Temples 11 - 12 through the misty mountain forests - 22,5 km, 1500 m altitude gain
After a really excellent stay at Awarakuja Guesthouse (dinner was amazing, so was breakfast and the hosts were exceptional!!!) I left for...

carolebertemes
Mar 5, 20252 min read


4 March 2025 - Day 2 - Temples 7-10 raining hard - 22,5 km
When it rains it pours they say. So when I left my inn just after 7, it had just started to rain but it was getting stronger by the...

carolebertemes
Mar 4, 20252 min read


3 March 2025 - Day 1 - Temples 1-6 in the rain - 20,75 km
Today I finally got to visit the first temples. After an excellent breakfast and some riceballs for the road from my host I set off in...

carolebertemes
Mar 3, 20252 min read
2 March 2025 - Day 0 - Hello from Nippon
So after 1 hour flight to Munich and 12 more from Munich to Osaka, I added another 3 hours by bus to Tokushima and another 20 min by...

carolebertemes
Mar 2, 20252 min read


In 6 days
I haven’t posted in a while. So here’s what’s happening… Still doing a lot of walking with the 9,3 kg backpack. 10 km a day during my...

carolebertemes
Feb 23, 20251 min read
6 weeks to go
On Wednesday a short shock when my travel agency told me my return flight was cancelled, Luckily the company suggested a return one day...

carolebertemes
Jan 18, 20251 min read
D minus 6,5 weeks…
The departure date is approaching fast. I’m starting to feel the first small panic attacks. Am I crazy that I decided to do this? Which...

carolebertemes
Jan 13, 20251 min read
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