Monday, 3 August 2009

Shikoku - An Average Day

6am - wake up and wash/shower. Luckily for us Japanese disabled toilets are usually equipped with shower heads and are super clean which helped get us going in the morning.

7am – Get to the first temple when they open. Stop along the way to get breakfast.

7am – 5pm NON-STOP TEMPLES!!

5pm – After visiting the last temple of the day we had to consult our maps to figure out where we could find food, an onsen, a launderette and a place to sleep.

We tried to sleep as close to the next temple as we could or at the nearest 道の駅 which literally means road-station. Failing that we would sleep in the car park at 24hr convenience stores. I know that sounds crazy and at home I would never even consider it, but here in Japan people do it all the time.

9pm – Plan the route for the next day and write diary entries for the day.

10pm – sleep!

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