Iseji day 2: Gokatsuraike to Misedani

Length: 24.9 km

Duration: 7:54

Total ascent/descent: 826/-803 m

Max/min slope: 13%/-12%

Wayfinding: easy, ample way marks. But do not rely solely on way marks. 

Weather: cloudy, warm.

Dinner: Ichifuji Chuuka Soba, Misedani. ¥1000 noodles!

Overnight: Fairfield by Marriott Mie Okuise Odai

Leaving Gokatsuraike 御桂池

Kannon carving on a farm road
Tunnel under highway

Meki Toge

Alternative tracks from Edo time
150kg to Shingu from the start of Meki toge pass
Wheel ruts
Cedar Forest
Cedar forest
A not very good viewpoint from Meki toge
如意輪観音像

Odai 大台

Old road sign: “Right, Kumano Road”
Jizo statue
浄保法師五輪塔
Moss and grass growing on a shrine lamp
深谷地蔵
Unoccupied house with alarmingly effective weed control, presumably by chemical means
Yanagihara Kannon柳原観音 at 千福寺
Jizo statue
Very sturdy cliff reinforcement
田口大橋
Straight as a Roman road
一願地蔵Jizo statue
Train crossing
Crossing train
Roadside shrine to gods and other big shrines. The second from right represents the Ise Jingu Naiku

Sarukizaka 猿木坂

Bamboo forest at 猿木坂
Bamboo and cedar
Ford
Handsome bridge 猿木坂眼鏡橋(神瀬橋)
Trail sign
Pilgrims’ gravestone

Kawazoe 川添

Overgrown 空家
Roadside shrines
八柱神社
134 km to Shingu
Old road sign for Kumano road
Jizo statue
Jizo statue 道中安全祈願地蔵

Misedani 三瀬谷

Another 八柱神社
Shinto shrine gate
三瀬砦 Misetoride fort remains
Waterfall
Shrine for 不動さん
The luxury of Marriott

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