On Monday, we went with Takeshi-san from the International Coffeehouse and where I had lunch almost everyday,to Amano, a village on Koyasan which existed already before Kukai (Kobo Daishi) started his Buddhist monastic complex at Koyasan. Takeshi-san wanted Eriko-san, who is a photographer and who is very interested in old people, to meet some old people he knows in this village.

On the way to the village we stopped, because we were astounded and mesmerized by the beauty of the mountains engulfed by the mist after the heavy rains.

Takeshi-san plays the flute.

Thirteen families live in Amano village.

A small shrine.

An old lady.                               Her shoes and her husband’s.