緣起 Preface
寫在四國遍路之前。
這是一個我醞釀許久的旅程,早在小歐2014年出版《遍路》一書時,甚至更早在我前往澳洲打工渡假之前。 那年(2011)我剛從大學畢業,隨意在台中某圖書館翻閱知名旅遊指南《寂寞星球.日本》;由於我一向有著非主流景點的莫名嚮往,理所當然地挑選頗為冷僻的「四国篇」來看,同時也是「四國遍路」四個大字第一次入我眼簾,此後再也無法從我心頭卸下來。 2012年到2014年我在澳洲遊歷,若有幸結識日本的朋友,總會說我很想去四國遍路,其他的知名城市一時顯得舉足無重。 記得某年在TAS的青年旅舍,遇到一位自助旅遊的日本女生(Yuko)相談甚歡,並且非常好奇我為什麼想去遍路? "It really makes sense for me! Henro combines History, Religious and Cultural with travel (pilgrimage) perfectly." 這段話從此變成我何以執著遍路行的最佳解答,好像也想不出更好的闡述了。 原本,我冀望申請英國或日本打工旅遊後再去四國遍路~ 多涉獵一點空海大師、真言宗、日本佛教或古典建築書籍再去-甚至對於日語更熟稔之後再去- 主要某方面我一直覺得,對於當地民俗文化更為深入後,你遊歷一個地方能看得立體;走同一個地方,你可以察覺或發掘到別人看不到的東西,而非只是走馬看花。但一想到又要再按耐多少時間才能實現...?那瞬間的疑惑又令我改變了心意! 結束代課工作且適逢春季,若再正式就職後又幾多時間能去呢? 我想即刻啟程,不願意再拖延。 於是我訂了2015年4月10日從高雄飛往關西空港的航班,就要出發。 -原文寫於2015年3月30日,澎湖馬公。 |
Before Shikoku Henro.
I planned this travel pretty long time, before the first Chinese language Ohenro "遍路" book published in 2014, even earlier than I applied for Working Holiday Visa in Australia in 2012. This thought started in summer 2011, I just finished my bachelor degree, one day I went to a library then read "Lonely Planet : JAPAN" accidentally. Because I am the one who prefer the unknown spot, I selected the page of Shikoku, of course it mentioned that "Shikoku Henro", afterwards I can not forget this noun any more since that moment. I was in Australia as a backpacker during 2012 to 2014. I always would like to talk about Shikoku Henro if I knew some friends from Japan. One year I met a Japanese girl Yuko in Tasmanian Hostel , she was curious about why I wanna do Henro? "It really makes sense for me! Henro combines History, Religious and Cultural with travel (pilgrimage) perfectly." This sentence becomes my best replying, and I can't think of another better answer. At the beginning, I planed I do Henro Pilgrimage after I applied for U.K. or Japan Working Holiday~ I shall do Henro after I understood more knowledge about Japan Buddhism , history, traditional architecture even Japanese language. The main reason I always think if I know more about that, I can see more clear, far, or specific during my journey! But how much time it gonna spend if I understand all of that? And how long time I have to wait?! This question changes my mind very quickly! I would love to do Henro as soon as possible! I want to do Henro Pilgrimage long time enough~~ Hence, I booked the flight from Kaohsiung to Kansai airport on April 10 2015, went ahead and made my Henro day. -Wrote on March 30 2015, Magong City, Penghu County. |