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Very ver very long day. No temples until Cape Muroto, just walk, all day all the way along the coast.DSC_0304

I think it was before lunch, there was an old lady selling Oranges.
she asked me to come and have some oranges, then started pealing next to another, one kind to another kind, and asking me questions. Then she told me that I was not going to find any available accommodation to sleep that night, as there were already many other pilgrims had passed by earlier. She was like Yoda, telling me with cynical smile, to get ready to sleep out side, walk as further as I can.DSC_0306

DSC_0308Around 6pm I managed to get to the accommodation, 45km away from the starting point of the day.
After 40km was incredibly tough, I felt that distance was almost unchanged, as the scenery, just cliff on my right, and the sea on my left.

16.03.2016
民宿椎名
45km

長い長い1日、室戸岬まで寺はなくただひたすら海岸沿いを歩くだけ。DSC_0310
昼前ぐらいだったろうか、みかんを売っている老婆に座って食べていかないかと勧められる。矢継ぎ早に次から次へと品種の違うもの剥いてくれた。その日の宿はどこかと聞かれ、まだ決めていないと言うと。”そうか今日は腹くくって野宿だな。後戻りはできんから先に進むしかないな。” と笑って言われる。DSC_0311
午後6時、出発地点から45kmの民宿にたどり着く。
40kmからその後は、崖を右に海を左に永遠と続くようであった。

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