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My day to day record for temples and shrines I visited along the way on the Shikoku pilgrimage in Japan.
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Stage 1: Awakening
Temples 1 – 23
Prefecture: Tokushima
Ryōzen-ji is my starting point on Shikoku for the pilgrimage.
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Temple 1 Ryozen-ji 👣 🕉️
Temple 2 Gokuraku-ji 👣 🕉️
Temple 3 Konsen-ji 👣 🕉️
Temple 4 Dainichi-ji 👣 🕉️
Temple 5 Jizo-ji 👣 🕉️
Temple 6 Anraku-ji 👣 🕉️
Temple 7 Juraku-ji 👣 🕉️
Temple 8 Kumadani-ji 👣 🕉️
Temple 9 Horin-ji 👣 🕉️
Temple 10 Kirihata-ji 👣 ** 🕉️
Temple 11 Fujii-dera 👣 🕉️
Temple 12 Shosan-ji 👣 🕉️
Temple 13 Dainichiji 👣 🕉️
Temple 14 Joraku-ji 👣 🕉️
Temple 15 Kokubun-ji 👣 🕉️ ▪️
Temple 16 Ka’no-ji 👣 🕉️
Temple 17 Ido-ji 👣 🕉️
Temple 18 Onzan-ji 👣 🕉️
Temple 19 Tatsue-ji 👣 🕉️ ✔️
Temple 20 Kakurin-ji 👣 🕉️
Temple 21 Tairyu-ji 👣 🕉️
Temple 22 Byodo-ji 👣 🕉️
Temple 23 Yakuo-ji 👣 🕉️
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Total: 23 of 88 Temples
** round trip to temple and back
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Stage 2: Asceticism
Temples 24 – 39
Prefecture: Kochi
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Temple 25 Shinsho-ji 👣 🕉️
Temple 27 Konomine-ji 👣 ** 🕉️ ✔️
Temple 29 Kokubun-ji 👣 🕉️ ▪️
Temple 30 Zenraku-ji 👣 ++ 🕉️
Temple 32 Zenjibu-ji 👣 🕉️
Temple 33 Sekkei-ji 👣 ⛴️ 🕉️
Temple 34 Tanema-ji 👣 🕉️
Temple 35 Kiyotaki-ji 👣 ** 🕉️
Temple 36 Shoryu-ji 👣 ** 🕉️
Temple 37 Iwamoto-ji 👣 🕉️
Temple 38 Kongofuku-ji 👣 ** 🕉️
Temple 39 Enko-ji 👣 🕉️
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Subtotal: 16 Temples
Total: 39 of 88 Temples
** round trip to temple and back
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Stage 3: Enlightenment
Temples 40 – 65
Prefecture: Ehime
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Temple 41 Ryuko-ji 👣 🕉️
Temple 43 Meiseki-ji 👣 🕉️
Temple 44 Daiho-ji 👣 ** 🕉️
Temple 45 Iwaya-ji 👣 ** 🕉️
Temple 46 Jorui-ji 👣 🕉️
Temple 47 Yasaka-ji 👣 🕉️
Temple 48 Sairin-ji 👣 🕉️
Temple 49 Jodo–ji 👣 🕉️
Temple 50 Hanta-ji 👣 🕉️
Temple 51 Ishite-ji 👣 🕉️
Temple 52 Taisan-ji 👣 🕉️
Temple 53 Enmyo-ji 👣 🕉️
Temple 54 Enmei-ji 👣 🕉️
Temple 55 Nankobo 👣 🕉️ ø
Temple 56 Taisan-ji 👣 🕉️
Temple 57 Eifuku-ji 👣 🕉️
Temple 58 Senyu-ji 👣 🕉️
Temple 59 Kokubun-ji 👣 🕉️ ▪️
Temple 60 Yokomine-ji 👣 ** 🕉️ ✔️
Temple 65 Sankaku-ji 👣 🕉️
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Subtotal: 26 Temples
Total: 65 of 88 Temples
** round trip to temple and back
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Stage 4: Nirvana
Temples 66 – 88
Prefecture: Kagawa
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Temple 66 Unpen-ji 👣 ^ 🕉️ ✔️
Temple 67 Daiko-ji 👣 🕉️
Temple 68 Jinne-In 👣 🕉️
Temple 69 Kannon-ji 👣 🕉️
Temple 71 Iyadani-ji 👣 🕉️
Temple 72 Mandara-ji 👣 🕉️
Temple 74 Koyama-ji 👣 🕉️
Temple 75 Zentsu-ji 👣 ^^ 🕉️
Temple 76 Konzo-ji 👣 🕉️
Temple 77 Doryu-ji 👣 🕉️
Temple 78 Gosho-ji 👣 🕉️
Temple 79 Tenno-ji 👣 🕉️
Temple 80 Kokubun-ji 👣 🕉️ ▪️
Temple 81 Shiromine-ji 👣 🕉️
Temple 82 Negoro-ji 👣 🕉️
Temple 83 Ichinomiya-ji 👣 🕉️
Temple 84 Yashima-ji 👣 🕉️
Temple 85 Yakuri-ji 👣 ^^^ 🕉️
Temple 86 Shido-ji 👣 🕉️
Temple 87 Nagao-ji 👣 🕉️
Temple 88 Okubo-ji 👣 🕉️
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Subtotal: 23 Temples
Total: 88/88 Temples
Notes
👣 indicates visit completed
🕉️ indicates goshuin/stamp received
✔️ indicates Sekisho
▪️Each prefecture has a temple named Kokubun-ji, which are official state Buddhist temples.
ø Ichinomiya (Prefectural Shrine) of Iyo (Ehime)
++ The temple was closed during the movement to abolish Buddhism in the Meiji period, and it’s role was taken over by nearby Anraku-ji Temple. Zenraku-ji only regained its full status as a pilgrimage temple in 1994.
⛴️ ferry crossing (free to ohenros).
^ Temple 66, Unpenji, is 2,600 meters above sea level. It boasts Japan`s most advanced ropeway or suspended cable car, which starts from the foot of the mountain and and goes to the peak at a brisk clip of 10 meters per second, covering a distance of 660 meters. This temple is actually situated in Tokushima prefecture –
,if you are judged as a wrongdoer by Kōbō Daishi, you are not allowed to pass through the checkpoint to the next temple. Unpenji temple is the first Sekisho temple in Sanuki (old name of Kagawa) and also the most difficult one.
,if you pass the Unpenji temple that means your journey in Sanuki will get easier.
^^ Temple 75, Zentsuji, is the home of the Zentsuji sect of Shingon (Tantric) Buddhism. It shares the spotlight with Mount Koya of Wakayama Prefecture and Kyoto`s Touji Temple as the three sacred sites of Kobo Daishi, who was born in what is now Zentsuji City.
^^^ Temple 85, the cable car ride up to the temple provides a beautiful, sweeping view of Takamatsu City.
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Other Temples and Shrines
• Kochi Prefecture
Anraku-ji Temple 30 (inner sanctum) 👣 🕉️ (see ++ above)
Seto Inland Sea:
• Ōmishima Island
Ōyamazumi Shrine 👣 🕉️
Hiroshima Prefecture
• Hiroshima
Mitakidera Temple 👣 🕉️
• Miyajima
Itsukushima Shrine 👣 🕉️
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Completing The Loop
Tokushima Prefecture
Return to:
• Naruto
Temple 1 Ryozenji 👣
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Honshu Island
Prefecture: Wakayama
• Koyasan
Kongobu-ji Head Temple 👣 🕉️
Osaka Prefecture
• Osaka
Shitenno-ji Temple 👣 🕉️
Isshin-ji Temple 👣 🕉️
Namba-Yasaka Shrine 👣 🕉️
Hyōgo Prefecture
• Kōbe
Ikuta-jinja Shrine 👣 🕉️
• Nara
Tōdai-ji Temple 👣 🕉️
Kofuku-ji Temple 👣
Kasuga-Taisha Shrine 👣
Tokyo Prefecture
• Tokyo
Kinryuzan Senso-ji Temple 👣 🕉️
Meiji-jingu Shrine 👣 🕉️
Kyoto Prefecture
• Kyoto
Kinkaku-ji Temple 👣 🕉️
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百 + 1
After Shikoku
The greatest loss is what dies inside you while you’re still alive. Be bold. Be courageous. Be scared to death, and then take the next step in the direction of your dreams.
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Baadaye and Mata Ne
Shirley J 🌸
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