Day 53: Temple 1 and Osaka

We left Temple 6, Anrakuji to close the loop. 

Along the way we stopped in at the small hardware store where we purchased shoelaces to fix our hats at the start of the trip. The nice lady gave us these citrus as osettai.

Got to Temple 1, Ryōzenji and realized just how much we have changed. Now we do the prayer process automatically. When we were here 52 days ago, it took us a long time to figure it out.

On the way to the bus stop for the bus to Osaka, we saw a troop of monkeys.

Osaka was so different than Shikoku - crowded and very active.  We ate out with friends to celebrate completing the pilgrimage.

Tomorrow is Koyasan. We walked 14.9km today. You can see a map of my tracks here (you may have to refresh the page after a minute to get it to show).  If you have Google Earth, it is faster to download a Google Earth file of my adventure from here.