88 Temples– category –

Situated near Japan’s oldest hot spring in Matsuyama City, the legend of Ishite-ji, or Stone-Hand Temple, sits at the heart of the Henro. Origins and History...

Clinging to cave-pocked cliffs high in the Kuma Mountains, Iwaya-ji has since antiquity been one of the Henro’s most idyllic and imposing sacred sites. ...

With origins stretching back to the earliest days of Buddhism in Japan, Ehime’s Daiho-ji, or “Temple of the Great Treasure,” lives up to its name with ancien...

Inspired by a dream and funded by samurai lords, Kochi City’s Chikurin-ji is one of the pilgrimage’s largest and most beautiful temples. Guided experiences l...

Konomine-ji, the Temple of the Divine Peak, clings to a mountainside 450 meters above the Tosa Bay. The mountain, site of tales and traditions that predate B...

Hotsumisaki-ji, “The Temple of the Most Holy Peninsula,” is perched atop cliffs overlooking the rugged coastline of the Muroto Peninsula in Kochi Prefecture....

Anraku-ji, Temple 6 of the Shikoku Pilgrimage, is the most common place to stay for pilgrims finishing their first day of walking. Known for its healing hot-...

Located in Naruto, Tokushima, Ryozen-ji’s imposing temple gate marks the beginning of the Shikoku Henro. A newer tradition also sees many pilgrims returning ...

Tucked away on a towering mountaintop, Tairyu-ji is one of the Shikoku Pilgrimage’s most impressive temples, with roots stretching back right to Kobo Daishi ...

Kakurin-ji, the Crane Grove Temple, is situated in a quiet mountain forest at 470 meters of elevation in Tokushima’s Katsuura Township.  Origins and His...