"; "Are you going to wear a hat?" caption[6] = "Stone trail markers with fingers pointing the way to the temples written below them. Shikoku has a unique Henro culture. image[36] = "images/frontPage/!M Kagawa 032.jpg"; image[41] = "images/frontPage/fudoAtT83.jpg"; This shows a map of the island with the henro trail and each of the temples. image[24] = "images/frontPage/mandalas.gif"; This shows a map of the island with the henro trail and each of the temples. You can see the original sources that I used at the bottom of this post. image[13] = "images/frontPage/nehanzo.jpg"; caption[34] = "You'll see everything on the henro trail!
(Photo courtesy of Tom Ward)"; image[14] = "images/frontPage/btemple4.jpg"; (Like the guidebook plan, this includes a fair about of walking.). This may be for reasons of budget, a night in a minshuku costs between 5000 and 7000 yen or ascetic grounds. Using the information on this map along with the access information listed in the information box for each temple throughout the book, you can get around the island. Here >>, , Journeys In Japan: Ohenro image[37] = "images/frontPage/!M Kagawa 037.jpg"; image[12] = "images/frontPage/temple41.jpg"; caption[17] = "Me (left) on a rainy, cold day at Temple 11. caption[35] = "Climb to Temple 60 in the snow.
(Photo courtesy of Tom Ward)"; caption[40] = "Larger than life statue of Kōbō Daishi just before Temple 24. caption[30] = "Temple 75 stupa at night.
(Photo courtesy of Mary Howard)"; image[33] = "images/frontPage/Muroto 015.jpg"; caption[31] = "Torii on the trail to Temple 60.
(Photo courtesy of Mary Howard)"; image[35] = "images/frontPage/!M Kagawa 025.jpg"; "; 8-Part Series The departure is in the city of Naruto, famous for its whirlpools, born from the meeting of the Pacific Ocean with the Seto Sea (Setonaikai). A basic plan is laid out on page 16 of the current edition of the guidebook. Also outlined are a series of trains and buses you can use to get around the island, although some walking is obviously still required. Shikoku Henro Trail : 20 Bangai Temples. Also outlined are a series of trains and buses you can use to get around the island, although some walking is obviously still required. Discussions & Comments related to the "Shikoku Japan 88 Route Guide" guide/map book. Intro. I am a foreigner living in Japan and am planning to do a part of the henro pilgrimage in Shikoku. When I told my Japanese friends I was planning to walk the Shikoku Henro trail, several of them said the same thing. image[38] = "images/frontPage/012-2A-0376-Road to B3.jpg"; The English guidebook Shikoku Japan 88 Route Guide does offer some advice, but it can be improved on. caption[12] = "Temple 41 Hondō. For Non-Japanese caption[7] = "Henro worshiping in front of Temple 83 Daishidō. image[16] = "images/frontPage/niomon.jpg"; caption[29] = "General scenery on the road to Temple 81.
(Photo courtesy of Mary Howard)"; They walk into the forest to die and be born again. image[7] = "images/frontPage/henro.jpg"; Shikoku 88 Temple Pilgrimage Feel the warmth of people you meet on your journey Entrust yourself with the flow of nature, And walk through the pilgrimage step by step. More >> Visiting The Sacred Sites of Kūkai A companion to the 88 Route Guide More >> Shikoku Pilgrimage: A Guide For Non-Japanese Michi no eki (literally, trail stations) are marked on the maps if you are carrying the Shikoku Henro Hitori Aruki Dogyo Ninin (as you should be!). image[18] = "images/frontPage/stupatemple23.jpg"; Shikoku Japan 88 Route Guide English language guidebook with all the maps you need to get around the island. The Shikoku Pilgrimage, or Henro, is one of Japan’s best-known walks. image[0] = "images/frontPage/foggyjizo.jpg"; "; image[39] = "images/frontPage/Unpenji1_BSheppard.jpg"; image[22] = "images/frontPage/niomonTemple82.jpg"; Following “Kobo Daishi” who lived 1,200 years ago A … This first part of the pilgrimage is about 153 kilometers long and is called the path of enlightenment. http://wwwtb.mlit.go.jp/shikoku/88navi/en/. A companion to the 88 Route Guide image[43] = "images/frontPage/stairs.jpg"; caption[2] = "Front of the (closed) Daishidō at Temple 14 with all of the 'stuff' that
henro have hung up for one reason or another. Visiting The Sacred Sites of Kūkai A pilgrimage trail to 88 temples in Shikoku, Japan Click on a Course to see the detailed route map. caption[9] = "Temple 32 Okunoin Daishidō. "; If reading kanji is an issue, see my translation of the legend of the latest version of this guidebook on the Preparation/Reading Japanese Maps page. var rndnumber = numberOfPictures; rndnumber = Math.round(Math.random() * rndnumber); Established over 1,200 years ago, the route takes in all four prefectures of Shikoku passing through quaint towns and rural pockets of the island. var numberOfPictures = 44; "; For many people, the image of a walker in a bamboo hat is the first thing that comes to mind when they think of the pilgrimage. It includes 88 “official” temples and numerous other sacred sites where the Buddhist priest Kūkai (Kōbō Daishi) is believed to have trained or have spent time during the 9th Century. caption[13] = "Statue of a reclining Buddha on the east coast near Temple 24. By Bike Around Shikoku. caption[15] = "Typical trail marker put up by the Society to Preserve the Henro Trail. caption[32] = "Kannon (Avalokitesvara) at Temple 23.
(Photo courtesy of Mary Howard)"; //Add the image and the caption to the display Sleeping outdoors does not have to mean camping. The Shikoku Henro, or 88 Temple Pilgrimage, is one of the oldest pilgrimages in the world and continues to attract pilgrims from Japan and abroad. The 88 Temple pilgrimage is an eleven-hundred-year-old, 800 mile-long route that encircles the Japanese island of Shikoku, the smallest of … "; Der Shikoku-Pilgerweg (japanisch 四国八十八箇所, shikoku hachijū hakkasho; zu Deutsch etwa: 88 Orte Shikokus) mit seinen 88 heiligen Orten ist ein caption[22] = "Niō Guardian Diety at Temple 82. I've set up this blog to keep in touch with my peoples back home and am still learning the ins-and-out… caption[14] = "Bangai Temple 4 - also called Saba Dashi Temple. Discussions about the 20 bangai temples. A wonderful (free) e-book introducing every aspect of the pilgrimage; by Naoyuki Matsushita, auther of Shikoku Japan 88 Route Guide. caption[26] = "The seacoast somewhere between Temples 27 and 28. The Pilgrim’s 88-temple Walk in Shikoku Japan’s famous henro pilgrimage trail stretches over about 1,200 kilometers, tracing the circumference of the southern island of Shikoku. caption[36] = "Temple 60 (Yokomineji) in the snow.
(Photo courtesy of Tom Ward)"; caption[37] = "Jizo waiting for spring at Temple 60.
(Photo courtesy of Tom Ward)"; "; "; image[20] = "images/frontPage/tsukiyama.jpg"; image[29] = "images/frontPage/091-7A-1547-Road to T81.jpg"; "; image[17] = "images/frontPage/me.jpg"; The first guidebook for the trail was written in 1687 titled Shikoku henro michishirube and instituted the numbering system of the temples called fudasho. Mountain Monks is a short film by Fritz Schumann about a group of Japanese monks called the Yamabushi who regularly walk barefoot through rivers, meditating under waterfalls and spending the nights on mountaintops. Some o-henro (pilgrim of shikoku), but not the majority make the challenge to sleep outside or in shelters summary (Henro Goya). caption[27] = "Path leading to Temple 26 in the snow.
(Photo courtesy of Tom Ward)"; caption[28] = "Temple 24 Niōmon.
(Photo courtesy of Tom Ward)"; "; A basic plan is laid out on page 16 of the current edition of the guidebook. var caption = new Array(rndnumber); "; "; image[27] = "images/frontPage/tWard26b.jpg"; image[40] = "images/frontPage/daishiNearT24.jpg"; Shikoku Henro Free / Budget Lodging (English & Japanese) 歩き遍路一夜宿一覧 This is a compiled list from Japanese, English, and Chinese sources over the years. "; //Script to rotate the image and captions in the center of the screen using random numbers caption[43] = "Love them or hate them (and you'll do both from day to day)
you will climb a LOT of these"; The first 10 temples are concentrated on 27 kilometers only. "; caption[1] = "Temple 47 Daishidō. caption[5] = "Statue of Fudo Myōō at Bangai Temple 14. image[26] = "images/frontPage/seacoast.jpg"; caption[23] = "Replica of a cast of Buddha's footprints at Bangai Temple 19.
Stand on them and your feet are guaranteed to feel better. caption[19] = "Temple 34 Hondō just after a few buses full of henro arrive.