Wednesday, explored part of the plain that bisects Sado Island.
Tag: Hawaii Japan 2014
Snow Line
Tuesday, Sado Island. 360 degree views, 20+ mile hike. Got to the snow line, but didn’t wear my jacket.
Creaky Old Inn
Monday and Tuesday nights in a creaky old traditional inn (ryokan) on Sado Island in the Sea of Japan.
Next up: Sado Island
Monday: Traveling to Sado, final “Island off Islands” I’ll stay in a ryokan and… walk.
Meeting Bashō
The moon and sun are eternal travelers. Even the years wander on. A lifetime adrift in a boat, or in old age leading a tired horse into the years, every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home. From the earliest times there have always been some who perished along the road. Still I have always been drawn by wind-blown clouds into dreams of a lifetime of wandering.
Basho’s Journey
Wrote about my second day of looking for traces of Matsuo Basho’s 1689 journey.
Exploring Matsuo Basho
Explored places Matsuo Basho visited 1689 traveling his “Narrow Road to the Deep North.” It’s fun figuring this out.
Destination Kanazawa
Saturday morning: a bullet train, then an express train to Kanazawa.
Kazurabashi Vine Bridge
Walked across Kazurabashi vine bridge in vertiginous Iya Valley in the interior of the island of Shikoku.
End of the Line
Took 3 progressively smaller trains to the end of the line in southeast Shikoku to see what was there. I then hiked.