Day 31 : 07 May 2009

Posted in Shikoku Pilgrimage (click on pictures to enlarge)

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We stayed in Uwajima to do a bit of sightseeing without packs. The castle is 400 years old and still original.

 

 

 

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Uwajima has bullfights too, but here the bulls fight each other.

 

 

 

 

 

We slowly ascended to Temple 41 Ryukoji (Dragon’s Ray Temple) at 210 metres.

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Temple 42 Butsumokuji (Temple of Buddha’s Tree) was close by.

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We decided to stop here for the night and save the climbing for the next day. P1000657We found that we could put up the tent inside a shelter shed; there was no other flat ground.

(33.3103 N 132.5814 E)