Shikoku pilgrimage to the 88 temples
by bicycle while camping  day
Day  2016_03_23
Route 夕陽丘キャンプ場(Yuhigaoka campground)⇒No.26
金剛頂寺(Kongocho-ji)⇒No.27 神峰寺(Konomine-ji)⇒No.28 大日寺(Dainichi-ji)⇒高知ビジネスホテル(Kochi buisiness hotel)
weather 晴(fine)
distance 100km



Again it was the same cold night as last night.
Outside was still dark when I awoke.
As usual, I was arranging baggage little by little while eating bread and sushi of convenience stores I bought yesterday.
Before I knew it,I have finished arranging my luggage.
Finally I folded the tent.And left the campground.
0604
This is a cooking place in a campground.
This is not my baggage.
There were five to six bike touring people camping.
It seems that they arrived after I entered the sleeping bag.
0605
A small hut in the center of the picture is the management building.
Yesterday I searched for the location of reception.
This campsite is far from the national highway and is inconvenient.
One person 1,000 yen. It is very expensive.
0622
I am planning to run down the skyline and get off near to the Muroto city hall.
Today I will start from No.26 temple Kongochouji(
金剛頂寺).
0649
I go out to the coastline and run slowly.
It's past 7 o'clock.
0717
My bicycle punctured on the way up of Kongochouji Temple(金剛頂寺).
I was going to arrive at Kongochouji Temple(金剛頂寺) about 7 o'clock.But it is punk.
Well, it will take around 30 minutes to change the tube.
It takes time and labor, but after confirming the position of the hole in the tube, I surely scrape the backside of the tire with hands and check if something is stuck.
Absolutely, I do not skip this trouble.After checking, I put the spare tube.

I changed the tube and departed.
The 100 yen bottle bought at Daiso on the first day was useful.
I also have a simple air inlet, but the air pressure is not enough at the last point.It is a little loose.
If I use this cylinder, it will be much bulging.
0749
No.26 金剛頂寺(Kongochoji)
I could not find the temple entrance.
Even if I looked at navigation, I did not find.
There was a staircase behind the vending machine.

No.26
金剛頂寺(Kongocho-ji)
0802
No.26 、金剛頂寺(Kongochoji) worship
0826
Continue running on the mountain and go down to the Kira River(吉良川).
0827
It is an urban area of Kira River(吉良川) Town.
It is a town that spreads under the plateau.
0833
0957
Beyond Nahari(奈半利町).
I entered Yasuda Town
(安田町).
It is a guidepost of Kounomineji(
神峯寺).
I have not stopped by a convenience store yet today.
I am going to buy food at the next direct sales place (I'm going to have my luggage put there).
1015
I intended to buy food at a direct store.
However, there were no boxed lunches or rice balls in the store.
I bought rice crackers and bread because there was no choice.
Then I kept my baggage at the store and let my bicycle light and started to rise the slope.
1030
When going up such a steep slope, do not think about being released from this suffering by climbing quickly.
"Oh, I do not want to go home〜".
"If I go home, there is a dominant wife at home. Oh, I do not want to return, I do not want go home, no,no,no".
With such a feeling, I slowly turn the pedal.
1031
"As I climb at this pace, I will arrive soon.
I have to climb more more slowly".
If that's the case, I will have reached before I knew it.
1038
When we take a slope on a picture, you will inevitably look flat.
1039
It looks like a flat road that is easy to climb,but it is quite a steep slope.
1045
- - Slope climbing measures 2 - -
I will carry the baggage and run for a long distance.
I have ever run from Yugawara to Fujiyoshida.
Load the luggage and go up the slope.
Wada Pass round trip, Nokogiriyama,Odawa, Musashi Itsukaichi from Okutama Circumference

Regarding slope climbing and breaks, it is best to take a break in the middle of a slope.
There is no point in taking a break at the top of the slope.
First, if you climb up, the next you have to go down, so there is no point in taking a break there.
Because going down a slope is itself a break.
1056
With the road bike, the tires are 700 x 28 C,
The gear is climbing with 30 front and 27 rear.
1059
1102
Parking Lot
The car can climb so far only.
Bikes can go further
1105
This is the Temple's gate.
I will climb further.

No.27
神峯寺(Konomine-ji)
1127
No.27 、神峯寺(Konomineji) worship

Uprising with a bicycle is painful only when it goes up, but it is dangerous to go down.
Front wheel tires will be squashed and brakes will be reduced.

By the way, I had a nice reunion here.
I met Mr.Ts who climbed along with me at the slope of Shouzanji
(焼山寺).
It seems that he left the bicycle on the way.
I stop the bicycle, sit down at the roadside, speak for a while, and broke up with "Let's meet again ".
1305
I will run the coastline again.
I am driving while eating buns and rice crackers I bought at a souvenir shop where I left luggage when I climb to Kounomine-ji
(神峯寺).
Actually I wanted bread or rice balls, but I could not buy it.
1353
I wanted to see the monument of Ryutaro Hirota, a composer in Aki city, but there is no time to go there.I will postpone it next time.。
1403
As I saw it, it is a scenery like a railroad site changed to a bicycle path.
1411
It is a beautiful coastline.
1413
You can see here that this bicycle path was the site of the abolished railway.
Made this as a waste line, I made a new one again.
I can not understand its meaning.
1417
I came to Akano on bike path.
It is a famous entertainment place.


▼ Edo era, Tosa clan thoroughly disliked the pilgrimage, but the people of the Pilgrimage also hated feudal domain of Tosa.
An irregular circling method other than Tosa 16 temple also began to be done.
Despite the strict pilgrim path restrictions imposed by Tosa through the Edo period, the number of pilgrimage was still more than the other three Shikoku.
The crackdown of the clan is severe, and they came chasing like the devil, but Tosa is wide.
No matter how careful the government officials watch, if the pilgrims escape to the mountains, it was impossible for government officials to find out.
Also, residents of Tosa were human natured and kind to others.
They had a kindness to offer food and accommodation as hospitality for the pilgrimage.
Pilgrims also knew it well.
1418
Smiling mannequins.
It is what Shikoku people who have delicate human nature made.
I had you take a break for a while, but none of us came.
Because even No one pilgrimage came, so I wrote a simple message on a note and departed.
1440
The bicycle path that used the site where the railroad was abolished continues.
1449
A person is walking, is walking on the long path.
1454
There were three tunnels.
This is also the tunnel where the train was running.
The tunnel for the train continues to be used as it is.

No.28
大日寺(Dainichi-ji)
1602
No.28 、大日寺(Dainichiji) worship

Because GPS navi exclusive equipment was broken, I am using a tablet terminal.
I often go past the road because I need to get out of the backpack every time I use a tablet.
That's why I was going back and forth, so My running was inefficient.
Many times too Joyful.

Joyfull Kaneda
1734
If I see Joyful, I eat there. That has become a habit.
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I had to worry about staying tonight.
Hurry, I booked a business hotel and decided to stay a business hotel tonight.
Because I wanted milk very much.I bought 1 liter.I finished drinking during the night.
It is the 5th day that GPS navigation broke. Since that time, I ran along a road that does not need GPS much like mountain roads and coastlines.

I will run in the town from tomorrow.When I get into the town I need a detailed direction guide.
I have to put out and store a big tablet.I start inconvenient driving.



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