We set our alarms for 4:30am to have a bath in a hopefully empty bath, nope. It was still lovely regardless of the occupancy. We set out to see Kotohira city and Kotohiragu shrine to see Konparisan, the mountain that rises out of the otherwise agricultural flat land around it. This temple is specifically for sailors which will become more evident later… We took the Kotohira line to Kotoden-Kotohira which cost about 750 Yen each. The train ride took about […]

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