December 2nd, 2011, and day 21 of my walk around Shikoku on the Ohenro Pilgrimage begins under a cloudy sky, though the rain of yesterday has abated.
Kuroshio is the name of a north Pacific current that passes along the Pacific Coast of Japan.
Here at the southern extreme of Shikoku, where the current passes, there is also a town called Kuroshio, where I will mostly be today.
As usual I tried to stop in at every shrine I passed, but this one was too far off the main road so gave it a miss.
On this section of coast the sea was much calmer than yesterday evening when I reached the coast.
Passing through Ida Port I did visit the next shrine.
It is a Tenmangu enshrining the ancient courtier, Sugawara Michizane.
Often used by students praying for exam success, Tenmangu shrines increased somewhat in the late 19th century as a preferred "national" shrine....
There was no signboard so have no info on the history.
Nearby was Kannonji, a very small temple.
There was a tsuyado here, free lodgings for walking pilgrims, and I had thought about staying here but it got dark too quickly yesterday so instead of chancing it I stayed in a henro hut.
Next up a small Ebisu shrine. As kami for fishermen, Ebisu is very common on the coast.
While it is not actually raining, the air is more than damp.
The way ahead looks like darker , windier weather....
It costs a lot to have old cars disposed of in Japan, which is why in the countryside you can often see abandoned cars slowly begining to decompose...... very slowly....
This small shrine is a Yaku Shrine..... no details....
The Sunahama Museum is a little free museum on the beach.
The skeleton of a Minke whale was impressive....
Across the Minato River....
And then across the bigger Fukigami River...
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