to Ise Jingu from Osaka with my wife Mt.Takami Mt. Miune Geku of Ise Jingu Isuzu River in Ise Jingu Isuzu River Naiku in Ise Jingu Naiku Futamigaura Siomibashi Station in Osaka City Distance 176km, Elevation gain 1,730m
at Hirokawa-dera Temple 願わくは 花のしたにて 春死なん そのきさらぎの 望月の頃 "Beneath cherry blooms, under the February full moon - like the Buddha, I would rest." The poet monk Saigyou 西行, 1118-1190, spent the last days of his life in this place.