2022.6.18

It was fine.

I started the day around 5am.

When I got to the Zenkoji temple, there were already long waiting line for the special red stamps.

Therefore I decided to come back after visiting Togakushi 5 shrines.

Once I went back to the hotel to check out, and took 10:40 bus though I wanted to take an hour earlier bus but could not.

It took more than one hour to the bus stop nearest to Okusha. I walked about 2km to the top. There was a long waiting line to visit the shrines and the red stamps again.

After that I took a bus to Kagami ike bond entrance, and walked another 2km to see the pond.

I walked another 2 km to visit the third shrine.

And I walked another 15 minutes to the 4th shrine.

I walked about 15 minutes to visit the 5th shrine.

I am glad to get 5 red stamps there.

Since the bus has gone, and I had to wait for neary 40 minutes.

Unfortunately the bus was full and I had to stand.

I visited the Zenkoji again to get the red stamps because it said it would open by 8 pm. But when I got there around 6:30pm, they said it was closed at 6 pm because the line would need time until 8 pm.

I was so shocked.

But instead I got a nice present.

I went back to the hotel to pick up the carry case, had dinner, took a train to Ueda and checked in the hotel.

I walked a lot today.

2015.6.1

It was fine.

I took a day off today.

I started early this morning to get a 7 am bus for Togakushi (戸隠) where is a secred place and known as Power Spots.
It takes about one hour to go there and costs yen 1350.  There are five shrines there, namely, Okusha (奥社). Kuzuryusaha (九頭龍社), Chusha (中社), Hinomikosha (火之御子社), and Hokosha (宝光社). 

From the bus terminal to Okusha it is about 2km.
I visited those shrines on foot and came back to the Nagano station around 12:30.
The weather was fine and the view from there was so nice.
Especially I like the main approach to Okusha where there are Japanese ceder trees for both sides, and the view from the Okusha shrine office, and the waterfall at Chusha.

I have been to Togakushi shrines for a few times, but they were always group tours by bus.

This time I went there alone and walked and walked.
My step counter recorded  more than 20000 steps.

I took a bus at 1:30 pm and arrived at Shinjuku before 6 pm stopping at two service areas for the rest.  There were monitors in front of each seat and I could watch a movie and TV program.

It was a nice trip.