Brisbane airport

wet drive with Sylvie

Nippon for the unknown 

27 Dec 1999

Nippon = Japan

Eighteen feet under Kotatsu

Zentsuji friends New Years Eve 1999 

31 Dec 1999

Zentsuji City in Kagawa ken. Kotatsu = Japanese
table with a heater underneath, around which people
sit in winter, talking, drinking, eating and warming their feet, shoeless of course.

Quiet New Years party

Eight Zentsuji friends

Michi enters- 2000 begins 

31 Dec 1999

Michi = a vivacious young girl

Toast and tofu for breakfast

Butter in a tube

Nippon is changing 

31 Dec 1999

Tofu = Bean curd

Thousands of people

Only one henro

Shogatsu in Zentsu-Ji 

2 Jan 2000

Shogatsu= New Years day, Zentsu-Ji 
temple no. 65

Where Kobo Daishi was born in 774

Toast for breakfast

Butter in a tube

spread with hashi 

3 Jan 2000

Hashi = Chop Sticks, (its very difficult to
find a knife in a traditional Japanese
house

Hiro Chun and I walking

Daiko-Ji to Kan-on-Ji

Sore feet. Cold hands 

4 Jan 2000

Hiro= is my friends name, chun = friend when placed 
after a name. I forgot to take my gloves

Hard warm futon

Frozen toothpaste

Shogatsu in Japan

5 Jan 2000

Futon = Japanese bed on tatami, 
Shogatsu = New Years day

Up the mountain

behind Okubo Ji

Jelly legs at the bottom 

5 Jan 2000

Written after having climed Nyotai San Mountain 
behind Okubo- Ji Temple No 88.

Nyotai San

Woman’s body mountain

leaves clothe the steps 

5 Jan 2000

All the way up the mountain winter leaves had fallen
on each step.

Zentsuji to Bando

Two hours for toilet

my birthday 

6 Jan 2000

Zentsuji = a city in Kagawa ken, Bando a Station in Tokushima Ken the closest to Temple no 1.

Passing trains

stop at Tsuru wa

Girl curling eyelashes 

6 Jan 2000

Station in Shikoku

Through a village

across the fields

the henro road 

6 Jan 2000

On the train

waiting at stations

Local J.R.Trains 

6 Jan 2000

Sunshine and rain

together in Tokushima

is it a good omen ? 

6 Jan 2000

Ten M² leaking Jinja

Keredomo muryo

end of my birthday 

6 Jan 2000

Keredomo = but, muryo = free.

Yakuo-Ji Hiwasa

Saigo Tokushima Ken

Shukubo ofuro tanoshii

8 Jan 2000

Yakuo-Ji Temple no 23, 
Hiwasa=a town in Tokushima Ken, Shukubo=Temple accomodation, Ofuro=bath,
tanoshii = enjoyable

Nihon jin henro

Talking , talking, talking

Asleep no sound 

9 Jan 2000

Nihon jin = Japanese person, 
henro = pilgrim

Four kM narrow road

Konomine- ji

beautiful Tei-en 

9 Jan 2000

Konomine ji = temple no 27, in Kochi Ken,
tei- en= Classical japanese garden

Jo ru ri- ji e to

ura no michi

Shakuhachi todan ryu 

12 Jan 2000

Jo ru ri Ji = Temple no 46, 
ura no michi= back roads, shakuhachi a musical instrument

Ryuko - ji to Butsumonku - Ji

to Age ishi Ji

Yamashita San 

12 Jan 2000

Ryuko-ji= Temple no 41,Butsmonku Ji = 
temple no 42
Ageishite = temple no 43, Yamashita san= person who
gave me a lift.

Nippon no gawa

Takusan desu

Keredomo cement banks 

12 Jan 2000

Rivers in Japan , are many, but with 
cement banks.

Raining all day

J oruji to Ishte Ji

Walking a Henro’s path 

13 Jan 2000

Joru Ji= Temple No 41. Ishite Ji= Temple No 51. 
Henro = Pilgrim

Through Matsuyama

A well marked

Henro path 

13 Jan 2000

Matsuyama = A city in Ehime Ken, Shikoku.

Walked 14 Kilometres

In winter rain

Time to hitch hike 

13 Jan 2000

Yokomine- ji

Ishizuchi - San

with Ono San 

14 Jan 2000

Yokomine Ji = temple No. 60, Ishizuchi San 
is highest mountain in Shikoku at 1982 metres, Ono San gave me a lift.

Freeway dash

with Watanabe’s

to Sankaku Ji 

14 Jan 2000

Walk to Kawanoe

through sugi and hinoki

Obosan took pity 

14 Jan 2000

Station in Kagawa ken, Sugi & Hinoki Japanese tree species, Obosan = monk

J.R. Platform seats

with cushion covers

winter in Nippon 

18 Jan 2000

New houses everywhere

replacing rice fields

changing face of Japan 

18 Jan 2000

Sleepers wake up

business men stop reading

when crossing Seto Ohashi 

18 Jan 2000

Seto Ohashi = the big bridge from Shikoku to Honshu

Crossing Seto Ohashi

100 metres up look!

Inland sea traffic 

18 Jan 2000

Warm neck ,

knees or waist

Trappl scarf 

21 Jan 2000

Elizabeth Trappl from Dorigo in NSW made the very 
warm scarf I wore in Japan.

Fields of snow

next years crop

frozen vegetables 

21 Jan 2000

A beautiful girl

Toyama to Takayama

only one smile 

21 Jan 2000

Takayama Shi= Gifu Ken , Toyama= city in

Shirakawa winter

Snow fruit trees

natural or hybrid 

22 Jan 2000

Winter Tracks

two ribbons on the road

Takayama to Matsu moto 

22 Jan 2000

travelling by bus from one city to another evening 
temperature -8°C

Shirakawa winter

hand woven scarf

Elizabeth Trappl, Dorrigo 

22 Jan 2000

High school girls

with short skirts

chatter on winters morning 

23 Jan 2000

No seats left

except beside gaijin

Ni hon jin rather stand 

23 Jan 2000

Gai jin= foreigner, Ni hon jin = Japanese person

Human sandwich

at rush hour

on Tokyo Trains 

26 Jan 2000

Women every day

sleeping on my shoulder

on Tokyo subways 

26 Jan 2000