The Shikoku 88 Pilgrimage connects 88 temples over 750 miles on Japan's Shikoku Island.
It's a circuit: temples 1 and 88 are 17 miles apart. It's a journey: I've watched pilgrims making quite perfunctory stops at temples.
It's a circuit: temples 1 and 88 are 17 miles apart. It's a journey: I've watched pilgrims making quite perfunctory stops at temples.
This speaks to me. I walk to walk, not just to visit a sight like a waterfall or a great view. I'm happy to finish where I physically started.
This month I found myself in two sections of the pilgrimage defined by temples 13 to 17 near Tokushima, and temples 49 to 53 near Matsuyama.
From high up at Matsuyama Castle, I noticed the sea in the distance, and decided to take a train to the sea. When I arrived at the sea, waypoints for two Shikoku 88 temples popped up on my GPS. Over two days I visited temples 49 through 53.
On the other side of Shikoku, in the city of Tokushima, waypoints on my GPS pointed at nearby Shikoku 88 temples.
In 2013 and 2014 I posted pictures of plumbing fixtures in temples on this pilgrimage. Below, are examples of the plumbing in the temples I visited this year.
Temple 14: Jōrakuji
Jōrakuji had several temizuya, including the example at the top of this post.
Temple 16: Kannonji
Temple 17: Idoji
Temple 49: Jōdoji
Temple 51: Ishiteji
Temple 52: Taizanji
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ReplyDeleteWow! This is awesome. This temple plumbing looks amazing. Thanks for sharing this one.
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