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09:29:19
This is Chie in Kansai airport, just after I arrived.
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11:59:29
Chie on the train on the way to Koyasan.
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11:59:44
Me on the train, probably a bit tired at this point!
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12:02:44
There were some great views to be had on this train journey, of forest covered mountain slopes.
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12:12:11
More green mountains.
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12:26:12
The final bit of the journey was very steep, so had to be done on this train which I called a rack railway, but Chie called a cable car.
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12:26:25
Clearly the camera went crazy here!
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12:30:03
I think I'm going to call it a cable car as well - although it wasn't suspended off the ground, there was definitely a cable involved.
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12:31:01
Although mainly a single track, at one point on the run the track splits into two so another cable car can pass in the other direction.
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13:56:46
Here we are in Koyasan now, after having grabbed a quick bite to eat, in the entrance to one of the temples.
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13:57:30
I enjoyed this ritual of washing hands on the way in, particularly as it was so hot and sticky!
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14:01:38
Now I think, but could be wrong, that this is in the grounds of Kongubuji temple.
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14:02:06
I'm always very keen to take these pictures of temples, but never very sure what to write about them afterwards...
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14:02:48
Incidentally this T-shirt was 2.99 from H & M.
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14:02:54
So what I'm standing in front of here is a sort of gatehouse...
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14:05:44
...and here is that gatehouse from the other side.
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14:08:01
For a town in which monks quite possibly outnumber the "normal" citizens, there did seem to be an awful lot of booze on sale - here a rather fine Asahi vending machine.
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14:15:08
Now I think this was just along from the temple we were going to be staying at - Jofukuin - so from looking at the map this might have been something like Daienin. I just liked this little garden bit basically.
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14:31:25
Here we are now in our room in the shukuhboh - Jofukuin.
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14:31:48
The view from our window into the temple's courtyard garden. It was really, really peaceful here.
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14:33:54
Chie enjoying afternoon tea, Japanese style, whilst admiring the view.
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15:20:47
Being triple jetlagged, I couldn't stay awake, so in the afternoon I had a little nap in our room, while Chie went off for a wander by herself...
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15:21:08
,,,,so I have really no idea what these pictures are of!
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15:31:45
Clearly Chie liked the roof here...
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15:31:59
The same thing again.
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15:46:10
Chie mentioned she had visited some graves.
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15:46:35
More graves...
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16:28:37
Some Buddha statues.
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16:28:53
,,,same again.
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16:29:14
A nice sort of canal thing.
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18:07:18
Back in our room, where dinner, a full shojin ryori (food of the Buddhist monks) was served.
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18:07:44
Me looking like I'd only just got up - which in fact I had!
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