Category Archives: Shikoku (Four States or Provinces)

  Meeting Old Japan (temple 19) Throughout the entire pilgrimage I received gifts of all kinds. It is an old custom to give Osettai (gifts) to the pilgrims and expected that these will not be rejected. In return, the Ohenro … Continue reading →

  Walking with Kōbō Daishi (temple 13 – 18)   Without my Japanese friends, who had now gone back to Tokyo, I was on my own.  But for some reason, although there were so many uncertainties in front of me, … Continue reading →

    Hiking up to Shōsanji, temple 12   Shōsanji was the first real mountain temple (7000 feet) on the pilgrimage.  When Kōbō Daishi founded a training place for his teachings on this mountain, there was a legend that told … Continue reading →

  Tokushima Prefecture, Place of Spiritual Awakening, Temples 1 – 23   The start of my pilgrimage at Ryōzenji (temple 1 – 11)   Although my Japanese friends were with me at the start of my pilgrimage (they left after … Continue reading →

We are very fortunate to share Garyo’s travelogue with her beautiful pictures again as repeatedly before – this time Shikoku, Four States, located in the south of Japan, a completely new world with new language, living, living systems and situations. … Continue reading →