![]() ![]() She decides then and there to go back to Japan almost immediately: to walk the henro michi, and walk herself back to health. And then, completely by chance, the henro michi comes back into her life, through a book at her local library. Severely depressed, socially withdrawn, overweight, on the dole and living with her mum, she is 28 and miserable. Fast-forward 13 years, and Lisa's life is vastly different to what she pictured it would be. She promises to return to Japan and walk the henro michi, one way or another, as soon as humanely possible. Perfectly suiting the romantic view of herself as a dusty, travel-worn explorer (well, one day). ![]() During a culture-shocked exchange year in Japan, 15-year-old Lisa Dempster's imagination is ignited by the story of the henro michi, an arduous 1,200-kilometre Buddhist pilgrimage through the mountains of Japan. ![]()
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