Meet God on a forest road in Shikoku

Events at Funakubotsutsuji Park in Tokushima Prefecture

Suddenly a dubious spiritual (?) Story, but if you have time, please ask ^ ^

I want someone to listen!

The other day, I was driving in Shikoku and Chugoku on weekends. The total mileage from Friday night to Sunday evening is 2,259.5 km (Is it stupid after all?). * My husband is with me until noon on Saturday, after which I am alone.

And although I didn't write it on my blog, I used to go around Awaji Island with a camper a while ago, so when I ran around Awaji Island to get to Shikoku that day, I missed it, remembering the last time around Awaji Island. I ran.

When I went around Awaji Island with a camper, I was also doing a "Seven Lucky Gods Tour" on Awaji Island, and I was pilgrimage to the seven temples and shrines where each of the Seven Lucky Gods was enshrined.

When I visited the Seven Lucky Gods, the first of the seven temples I visited was Hachijoji, which enshrines Daikokuten.

At this time, I did a certain "so-so" in the parking lot of this Daikokuten-sama's temple (I wrote it in my honor, it doesn't mean that I was peeing. , Just in case ^^ !!).

Run while talking to Daikokuten

At that point, I had solved all the "so-so" problems, but even so, when I passed near Hachijoji Temple again this weekend, I thought about it in my heart.

"I'm really sorry at that time, I still deeply regret it."

I would like to express my gratitude for the feelings of remorse, the fact that everything went smoothly after the last time, and that I was able to finish the tour of the Seven Lucky Gods safely starting from Daikokuten, and that I am grateful for various things on a daily basis. I was telling the seven deities of good fortune.

One of the destinations where I ran through Awaji Island to Tokushima Prefecture by myself while thinking about Daikokuten and the Seven Lucky Gods was "Funakubotsutsuji Park".

In order to reach this place, you have to go up a mountain pass, and the road is a narrow road that is quite difficult to separate.

This rugged road is that ↓

In fact, when I was pulling the car to the edge when I separated from another car on the way, I also experienced that the road was too narrow and the tire on the left front fell into the groove.

I was scared! !!

I managed to recover by backing up, but if I wasn't good enough, I decided to drop the groove and couldn't move in the mountains.

However, the car in the opposite lane was on a cliff, so I couldn't avoid it anymore ... It was a harsh situation where I had to back up this horribly narrow road.

I was scared.

I don't know where Funakubotsutsuji Park is

I was running so nervous that I couldn't take any pictures myself, so it's an image from Google Street View, but when I go through the last pass ... (↓ By the way, this is already quite in front of the parking lot. I just opened it)

Finally arrived at "Funakubotsutsuji Park Parking Lot".

However, because it's not the season, there is no one in the parking lot, so I have no idea where to go after this.

When I went to the parking lot for the time being, there was a road behind the pink arrow that I could manage to drive in, so I thought, "Is it a azalea park if I go ahead?"

However, this is already a fork in fate.

This was a place I shouldn't enter ~ (tears and tears)! !!

Yes, in order to go to Azalea Park from the Azalea Park parking lot, I had to make a "sharp U-turn" at the end of the pass.

Go straight ahead and you will see the parking lot at the end of the pink arrow. And originally, the way to go is toward the yellow arrow on the right ↓

No, I don't know! When I was driving, I couldn't see the path of an acute U-turn!

Seen from the other side, it looks like this ↓

In particular, there was no sign like "U-turn here" (I saw a sign next to the entrance when I looked closely later, but I didn't notice it).

Furthermore, the road to the park is usually a very narrow mountain road.

So, I didn't know, and I was the only one who "seen the road" and entered the yellow road at the back of this parking lot.

Azalea Park is at the red circle. ↓

It's too bad that I can't show the situation of this road because I can't afford to take pictures, but anyway, I got into the forest road saying "You can't enter here."

I wandered somewhere on the road that I could see in the yellow box. It is a forest road that does not appear on the map of Google teacher anymore.

This is really scary, and there is a series of roads like "Can I proceed here ?!"

However, there was a mirror at the curve, so I told myself, "The fact that there is a mirror means that a car can pass through."

Shouldn't we go back? You might think, but you can't go back, the road is narrow, there is no fence on the side, and you can fall at any time. I can't make a U-turn.

In a place where I think "I don't really feel dead if I come at night", just tell myself "But I could come in a bright time instead of a pitch-black night, so I won't die." I proceeded. I don't want to go on.

It was the time when I was seriously anxious about what to do if I was completely exhausted and proceeded as it was and had a dead end.

I went out to a place where the road was just a little open (although it swelled a little to separate). Furthermore, one motorcycle was parked there.

* I borrowed the photo that is closest to the situation at that time. It looks like this (Photo source:Blog that returns to childhoodlooks)

I thought, "Motorcycle! Someone is there!" And tried to find a person, but an uncle walked further from the back of the road.

I ask my uncle, "Excuse me! Do you drive on this road? Can you go on a big road after that?"

The uncle said, "If you go ahead, there will be a tattered waterfall, and if you go further, you will reach the prefectural road, but the road conditions are the same as the road so far."

He told me, "The azalea park is on the way up when you enter the parking lot and make a U-turn at an acute angle."

"Yes, is the azalea park now ?!" and the road conditions were the same whether you proceeded or returned, so there is a space where this bike is stopped and can be separated a little. , I turned back many times and made a U-turn.

Then, I thanked my uncle and returned to the azalea park parking lot.

so.

A mysterious experience if you recall from here.

From the time I met this uncle until I returned to the azalea park parking lot, I was desperate to drive, but when I was able to return to the parking lot, I was relieved at the same time.

"I'm glad that there was a miraculous uncle over there. That uncle is a god to me."

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Then, I suddenly thought, "That uncle is a god," but yes, the uncle I met on this forest road had a fishing rod on the right side.

I remember thinking "Fishing rod? Where do you go fishing?" And because I didn't have anything else, I thought "Is it really fishing?"

My uncle said that there was a "tattered waterfall ahead", so at that time I was wondering "Oh, can I catch the waterfall I was talking about?" The place that was said to be a shabby waterfall is "Boroboro Falls".

This person's blog (In search of heritage and ruins ...), But I don't feel like I can fish ... and when I look at the map (I don't know where I was (laughs)), I met my uncle. There seems to be a good distance to the waterfall. ↓

If my uncle had come fishing by motorcycle, I think he would have gone by motorcycle to a place closer to the waterfall, and it was strange that he had nothing but a fishing rod.

At this point, I suddenly thought.

what?

As some of you may already know, I think the uncle I met here was Mr. Ebisu.

A fishing rod on your right. I just thought, "I thought it was a god, but was it really really Ebisu ?!"

The way to hold the fishing rod is the same as the way to hold it in the picture of Mr. Ebisu that you often see.

Why Ebisu? However, among the Seven Lucky Gods (temples) on Awaji Island, Ebisu was the one closest to the azalea park.

The yellow arrow is Manpukuji Temple where Ebisu is enshrined, and the red arrow ● is the azalea park.

When I met my uncle on the forest road, it was miraculous that there was a person there, and I really thought, "Uncle is a god for me." I'm wondering if there is ^^

I think he came to help me.

There seems to be a risk in both going back and going, and the wonder that happened when I was completely alone on a forest road without any sign, without knowing the map of Google teacher. It was an event that seemed to me.

By the way, at the end, when I said goodbye to my uncle, he also told me that "all the azaleas were scattered around last month ..." (laughs).

In fact, the azalea park that I arrived at is already "green".

Even so, I was relieved to be able to reach this place safely, and I felt that all the scenery was beautiful, whether or not the azaleas were already in bloom.

On the way back, I was scared to go, but after experiencing the forest road, I thought, "Oh, I can afford this much."

But I can't drive myself again (laughs)! !!

Also, this time, I wanted to do the second round of visiting the Seven Lucky Gods to thank the Seven Lucky Gods again ^^ ... So, it was a mysterious (?) Event that I experienced, but I'm glad to hear it.

Thank you very much!