[Klaus]

It was awesome but 2 weeks are enough. I think I will avoid having any more rice for at least half a year. 
Following the pilgrim trail, my knees will probably need a couple of weeks to recover again - the mountains on the Kii peninsula are very steep and most of the ups and downs were via rock steps. That was quite painful at times.

Will try to finalize one review next week.

Oh, I hear you. While in Nepal, we had a drop of 1700 metres (!) in one day, and it was mostly steps and slopes again. I've been suffering from intermittent osteoarthritis for years, and this exercise sure did the knees no good. Well... at least the experience was worth it. Was yours for you?

Well, JP isn't Nepal in terms of mountain beauty. On Kii you got insanely steep, green mountains, temples, onsens (spas), great food and the occasional gang of monkeys. Whether ruining your knees was worth it ... ask me again in a couple of weeks. ;-)