Shikoku - Cherry Blossom

Once again we've reached the next chapter. After working on Shuri on Okinawa I went over to Kyushu's Kokura and Karatsu Castle close to Fukuoka followed by Okayama.

Karatsu

Okayama at dawn after Hadaka Matsuri

Kyushu and Okayama is finished now, so it's time to return to April of 2017, when I was on a pilgrimage to 88 temples on Shikoku during Cherry blossum season, I only finished ~30, due to a leg injury my journey ended in Kochi forcing me to return back to Osaka. On my way back I went via Uwajima und Matsuyama before finally arriving at the bus station back to Osaka.

Therefore Kochi, Uwajima and Matsuyama castle on Shikoku are my current chapters to work on, here's a small teaser, enjoy and join my followers for my upcoming Kickstarter project 日本の城 - Japanese Castles with 350+ pictures of Japanese castles on 280+ pages.

Uwajima

Kochi

Mixture of photo and drawing of Matsuyama

Jungle of Okinawa - Picture of the Day #7

Today's Picture of the Day is in the middle of the jungle of Okinawa on my Way to Hiji Falls. Shortly after starting my way to the waterfall it started to rain. Some of the passages were a little bit difficult thanks to the rain and the thoughts that there were venomous snakes like pit vipers everywhere as well, luckily I didn't encounter any of them, because the next hospital might have been 50km... But normally when you encounter a snake they won't bite as long as you don't interact with them, because they are afraid of you, too.

Getting to the waterfall took 45+ minutes and it definitely is worth visiting it.
Find more e.g. the Waterfall itself on INSTAGRAM

But now enjoy the Jungle Picture:

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Forest of Mt. Yufu - Picture of the Day #6

Today's Picture of the Day is the jungle like forest that you have to pass when you climb Yufudake San, a moutain next to Yufuin in the Oita prefecture on Kyushu.

I climbed that mountain together with an Austrian Woofer, I worked together with him in a ryokan (traditional Japanese hotel)

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Enjoy:

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