Trawling Tokushima

Another sunny day so we thought we'd catch the local bus to some temples. Not so easy ... there were only Japanese speaking people at the bus station and the information centre! Pointing to a map (in Japanese) and doing a Jacque Tati got us on a bus which did take us to the first temple we wanted. Or so we thought. We wandered from this temple to another which seemed to have the same name only to wander further to a third; yes it had the same name ... we think ..

With no prospect of getting any wiser we decided to head back to the town centre for lunch. Coffee and a very nice roll with salmon, shrimp and salad recharged our resolve.

Onto the train to Koh - three stops down the line - with the intention of visiting another temple. We wandered from the station and followed the sign pointing the way and which indicated the temple was about 800 m. Not so lucky again! The distance was to a road intersection which we didn't get to because we'd walked about 1500 m with no sign of another sign to the temple. That seemed like a sign to quit while we still had the energy to walk back to the station; the afternoon was getting hotter. Thankfully we arrived just in time to catch the train back to Tokushima.

Another fortification followed by shopping for dinner completed the day's expedition. We must have a slate loose because we still enjoyed the exercise!

Time to pack up for the trip back to Tokyo tommorow.