Temple Tales

Temple Tales

Ep. 036: My Aki Meguri: Down the Old Tokaido

Over 300 miles on foot through Japan

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The Temple Guy
Apr 17, 2020
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In September of 2001, I took the first step of a ten-week, thousand-mile-plus journey down an ancient highway, through an ancient heartland, and around an ancient pilgrimage course in Japan.

Today I want to offer you vignettes of the first leg of my Aki Meguri or "Autumn Journey," the more-than-300-miles of the Old Tokaido, in this episode of

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