My third day walking up the Sendai River was the 39th day of my walk around the Kyushu Pilgrimage. This would turn out to be the halfway point as iy ended up taking 78 days to complete the pilgrimage, but of course I didn't know that at the time. There was a mist and the ground was covered in frost as I set out. The mist was not so thick and the bright sun made it quite dazzling as I