The trip to my parent’s house – Part.2

To tell the truth, on the next day of our trip to Kochi, we were planning to go to Kagawa, which is located in the north of Tokushima.

But all members were very tired, so we changed our schedule.

In the morning, we stayed at home and just relaxed, and in the afternoon, we went to 2 temples, which are not so far from my parent’s house.

Before write about these temples, I want to write about “Ohenro“.

In Shikoku, there is a peculiar Buddhism custom which is called “Shikoku-henro” or “Ohenro” or “Ohenro-san”.

There are 88 temples in Shikoku, and some people go on a pilgrimage to visit 88 temples from no.1 to no.88 or in reverse order.

To visit these temples is one way of fulffiling their wishes, or overcoming their physical or mental problems.

Nowadays, it is a popular tour to visit these temples, so tourists go there by bus or car or bike.

However some people visit all temples on foot. It’s very hard physical and mental training.

In Shikoku, if we come across”Ohenro-san”(people who visit temples wearing white costumes), we should treat them kindly.

For example, we give them rice balls, some fresh fruit, and of course, give them directions, if they are lost.

Someday, I want to be a “Ohenro-san” to train my spirit.

My parent’s, my husband and I went to the no.1 temple which is called “Ryōzenji“.

After visiting Ryōzenji(the no.1 temple) and Gokurakuji(the no.2 temple, which is near from Ryōzenji), we went back to my parent’s house before going to a steak restaurant to eat dinner.

My favorite aunt reserved the restaurant, but unfortunately she couldn’t come with us, because her relative died suddenly, so she needed to go to the funeral.

We had a nice dinner together and talked about many topics.

The next day, my husband and I left Tokushima early in the morning.

This time, I didn’t have enough time to talk with my grand mother and aunt, so I checked the schedule of future cheap flights to Tokushima.

I want to talk with my family more, so I’ll go back there on July 4.