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shikoku 88 temple pilgrimage, japan

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Posted onSeptember 10, 2016October 27, 2016

There’s a wild, mountainous island in Japan called Shikoku, and there are 88 shrines encircling it. Each year, thousands of Pilgrims visit these 88 shrines. We cycled through Shikoku for a week and learned what we could. Read More …

CategoriesJapan, TravelTagsbridges, buddhism, camping, castle, cycling, islands, japan, kobo-daishi, monk, onsen, pilgrim, sento, shikoku, shingon, shrine, tavel, touring

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