walkabout-japan

Day 38
World Heritage Site Koyasan and a typical piece of
homeland
GPS: N 34 °, 13.848 ' E 135 °, 29.491 '
Altitude: 842 m
Place: Crossroad 480/3
Etmal: 19 km
Total: 836 km
In the morning I feel like my camping ground - pieces of
gravel in front of a rural garage with steel sheets, 1 m beside
a highway! It could have also been 4 a.m. in the morning in November! The day is grey and dull, no breakfast today and the last 4 km I'm struggling uphill through a wonderful forest.
It's too bad that just in this moment I'm dreaming of meat
salad and buns with smoked sausage. Then I step out of the forest's twilight into the sun of the 1000 m high Koyasan, and
in front of me a gigantic temple gate is shining in red. I am at
a loss for words! "Look for a camping place", I ask myself at once but then the buns come again into my mind. In the next village I find a store where I can satisfy my rudimentary needs. On the way back to the temple I meet two people staggering through the landscape. One thought crossed immediately my mind: "German!" Therefore, I also greet in German "Hello,
how are you?" They answer with a murmuring and straight-faced they are already gone! Much later: Together with
a group of Taiwanese architects I'm really enjoying the 50 m
high, red-shining temple being the landmark of Koyasan,
when a group of silent people pass by. Again I think
"German". My both figures are also with them, but no
reaction. Here we have a typical piece of homeland!
They'll find you everywhere!


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