I figured since I was doing some solo travelling, I could afford to be more adventurous. I had already ventured all the way out of Tokyo city and thought I should drop by a couple of suburbs before heading back.

Hino is a neighbouring city of Tama and home to a prominent Buddhist temple, Takahata Fudo-son.

Route from Tama to Hino

With some help from a nice Japanese dude that spoke decent English (the one and only I had come across throughout the 11 days), I learned that I had to ride the monorail from Tama to reach Takahatafudo (that’s a mouthful ain’t it).

(From this point onward, my camera ran out of juice and all the following photos were taken on my LG Shine.)

Takahatafudo

I arrived in Takahatafudo in the late evening and made my way to the temple on foot. At this point, without a map (since I was outside of Tokyo city) or any knowledge of the Japanese language, it was as good as walking blindly.