This is a cue sheet for the Hozan-ji Temple. Running / Walking Route. You can print it out for later use.
Cumulative | Distance | Where | Notes | Direction | Elevation | |
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0km | 0km | Start. | If you arrive here by bus - Kintetsu Bus from J.R.Suminodo - you have to cross the road via a walkway.You will see the track opposite. | SSW | 188° | 0m |
0.2km | 0.2km | Junction/Caution. | The road,for the next 2-km,is very busy with trucks. | SE | 119° | 0m |
0.9km | 0.7km | Information. | Say goodbye to the town,and say hello to the country. The next 3km is a gradual ascent. | S | 178° | 0m |
2.1km | 1.3km | Junction. | When you exit through the gate,you cross the road.Be careful of traffic.From here follow the footpath. | SSE | 140° | 0m |
2.4km | 0.3km | Junction. | You take the track on your left and commence your descent. | SW | 204° | 0m |
2.6km | 0.1km | Information. | For the next 3km you pass through some forested area. | NE | 35° | 0m |
4.1km | 1.5km | Junction. | Keep to the right and follow the track. | S | 159° | 0m |
4.6km | 0.5km | Horin-ji temple. | This is an awesome complex,nestled in amongst the rocks.Take the time to wander through. | SSE | 155° | 0m |
4.7km | 0.1km | Information. | You are about to enter a residential area. | SSE | 156° | 0m |
5.3km | 0.6km | Information. | Just follow the land to Hozan-ji temple. | SSW | 185° | 0m |
5.3km | 0km | Information. | This is a great view looking up towards the Torii and lanterns on each side of the steps. | W | 263° | 0m |
5.4km | 0.1km | Torii,gateway to Horin-ji Temple and Shrine. | From here allow yourself an hour-or-more to wander through the complex. | W | 256° | 0m |
6.3km | 0.9km | Information. | If you are going to Ikoma Station,continue down the steps.There are a lot of steps so be careful. | NNE | 16° | 0m |
7.6km | 1.3km | Kintetsu Ikona-eki (station) and Finish. | If you are catching a train,regardless of where you are going,pay special attention to what train you catch.The wrong train and you will end-up going in the very-wrong direction. | ENE | 45° | 0m |