Saturday, April 26 I got up early and walked a little bit more of the Kumano Kodo - about 15 minutes that goes beyond Nachisan, to get one more stamp. It is down a long flight of stone steps lined with large, beautiful cedar trees.
I had breakfast and then caught the bus to Kii-Katsuura. Reflecting on the Kumano Kodo, bumping into the same people along the way while we struggled up and down the slopes and in the day of rain, at the shrines, and sometimes meeting them at the beautiful Japanese accommodations... it felt like a cohort who were going through this. Looking back, the experience was so rich I thought: "all that in just 5 days?"
Here are all the pilgrimage stamps I collected.
Kii-Katsuura is a beautiful fishing town with a seaside pier and markets. I walked around and stopped for coffee before catching the train to Osaka. Train ride went around the coast of the Kii peninsula, with a view great views.
A lot of the time it went through tunnels, and I nodded off.
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