Risshaku ji Temple Japan | E20 "1,592 F#%kin' Steps" | Pinpoints

Risshaku ji Temple Japan | E20 “1,592 F#%kin’ Steps” | Pinpoints

Leroy is having an elderly moment. [Music] It’s the first snow of the year and a great time to review the Brother Man’s Travel Guide. [Music] Page seven. When someone recommends climbing a mountain to a monastery, tell them to be specific on the number of stairs. Page 18. Don’t drink with Japanese salary men unless you know exactly what you’re doing the next day. Salary men are professional drinkers. Good night. I’m going to my room now does not mean yes, I’ll have one more beer. gets lost in translation. I think these steps are moving. [Music] Priest Jaku Daiishi founded this temple in 860 after he returned from his studies in China. Its name translates to mountain temple. His eternal flame still burns the temple below. So, what do you think? Was it worth it? [Music] Yeah, it was. [Music] Now I have to walk back down this [Music] [Music] page 32. Best way to cure a hangover is a finger of balcony and a loria cubana. You’ll figure it out one day. [Music]

I change directions and head north to Sendai. Along the way, and with a really bad hangover, I visit Risshaku ji Temple and Akiu Ōtaki Falls. I end the night with a Cohiba and Yamazaki whiskey at Cafe & Cigar Bar Churchill in Koriyama. And it snowed today!

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