Friday, April 17, 2026

Henro Day 5: Professional Walker, Amateur Toilet Operator

​From the start of my adventure, we started walking away from a fairly large city (Tokushima), only to loop back around and come back in from the other side. Today we covered a little over 22 miles putting us at a total distance of 81 miles.  Most of the day was walking out of the busiest part of the city which wasn’t all that exciting.  Today we passed by temple 18 and 19 finishing the day a little short of temple 20.  



Just in case you forgot where you are, they’ve included a tiny motivational toilet. 

A little porcelain life coach reminding you to stay focused, you came here for a reason.



Why move the car when you can just move the car wash.  Interesting thought I guess 



It’s not a great photo, but this is only a fraction of the turtles there and it was funny to watch them jockey for space.  



I walked by this dealer which sells small RVs.  By the time I had gotten too far to go back, I realized this picture wasn’t very good without me in it.  If I would’ve given you the reference, you would’ve seen this vehicle wasn’t much taller than I am.  



Sometimes I feel like people go through life blindly and don’t stop or think about the things around them.  Can anybody take a guess at what I found interesting about this photo?



I haven’t seen one homeless person, or really seen any actual liquor stores, but there are options here



That statue is Kūkai, also known as Kōbō Daishi  the spiritual figure I’m “walking with” on the Shikoku Henro.



My picture doesn’t show it and it’s probably hard to see unless you zoom in close, but that track goes all the way up the hill and it’s a little motorized cog rail/cart to move materials around.  



This was the only day so far, where I have walked through a very busy part of a city. Nothing exciting to see here, but it was part of the adventure to share.





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