コロナ禍の中、政府は経済対策としてゴーツウトラベルという博打に出た。痛しかゆしというか止むにやまれずというか、何れにしても政府にしては思い切った政策を打ち出したと思う。
菅丸の船出や如何に・・・。
日本国民としては、國がここまで思い切った政策を打ち出したからには、協力しないわけには行かない。そこでフッと思い立ったのが、「西国三十三か所巡礼」。
元々65歳の定年を迎えたら先ず四国八十八か所巡礼をと思っていた。また年に１・２回は海外旅行も等と、色々考えてはいた。ところがいざ定年すると、実際は会社を3日と空けれず、週5日出勤が続き、海外は勿論、八十八ケ所巡礼も出来ずじまいで今に至っている。
ただ今年4月からはコロナのお陰というか、在宅勤務が主流となったため、それに便乗してリモートをはじめると、これはこれで十分やれるじゃないかとなり、最近は週１・２日の出勤で後はリモートワーク。
そんな中、先週金・土曜と一泊二日でゴーツウトラベル（宿泊代３５％割引）を利用し、西国巡礼の一番札所、「青岸渡寺」（南紀勝浦）から二番札所「金剛法寺紀三井寺」をお参りしてきた。
第二京阪から近畿自動車道、阪奈道を南に下り橿原神宮をお参りし、その足で水平社博物館を見学。 
1922年3月３日全国水平社創立大会で水平社宣言の結びの言葉。
涙無くしては読めない水平社宣言の結びの名文句。「人の世に熱あれ、人間に光あれ」。
那智大社への参宮道、この石段が延々と続く・・・
那智大社本宮
那智大社の隣に目的の西国三十三箇所の一番札「青岸渡寺」
その隣が那智の滝
国道42号線沿いの名所
このあと和歌山市に入り、二番札所紀三井寺にお。参りしたがお疲れなのか写真は一枚も撮ってなかった。あしからず。
Go to Travel, Western Province 33 Sacred Sites Pilgrimage
In the midst of the corona crisis, the government took a gamble with the Go-To travel program as an economic measure. It may be painful or it may be unavoidable, but it was a bold policy for the government to come up with.
What will happen to the Kan Maru, or what will happen to it?
As a Japanese citizen, since our country has come up with such a drastic policy, we can’t afford not to cooperate with it. That’s when it occurred to me to make a pilgrimage to the 33rd location of the Western Province.
I had originally planned to make a pilgrimage to the 88 temples in Shikoku when I reached the age of 65. And he had thought about traveling abroad once or twice a year. However, when he finally retired, he couldn’t leave the office for three days and had to work five days a week, so he hasn’t been able to make a pilgrimage to the 88 temples, let alone go overseas, and that’s how it’s been now.
However, thanks to Corona, I started working remotely this April because telecommuting has become the mainstream way of working, and I thought I could take advantage of it.
Last week, I took advantage of GoTsu Travel (35% discount on accommodation) to visit the second temple of the pilgrimage, Kongohoji Temple Kimii Temple, from Aogandan Watouji Temple (Katsuura, Nanki), the most important temple of the pilgrimage in the western part of Japan, on Friday and Saturday.
We drove down from Daini Keihan Station on Kinki Expressway and Hanna Road to Kashihara Shrine and visited the Museum of Horizons.
The closing words of the Declaration of the Horizontal Company at the National Horizons’ founding convention on March 3, 1922.
The closing words of the Declaration of the Seikosha, which cannot be read without tears. “Let there be heat in the world and light in humanity.
The path to Nachi-taisha, these stone steps go on and on…
Nachi-taisha Hongu
Next to Nachi-taisha, the first of the 33 temples in the western part of the country, Aogiantouji Temple
Next to that is Nachi no Taki.
Famous places along Route 42
After this, we entered Wakayama City and went to the second temple in Wakayama City. I visited there, but I didn’t take any pictures. I’m sorry.
