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香川県 · Shrines & temples

Oku Shoin

琴平町中讃

Sliding-door paintings by Ito Jakuchu survive here.

香川県 · Shrines & temples

Konzoji

善通寺市中讃

The birthplace of Chisho Daishi Enchin.

香川県 · Shrines & temples

Doryuji

多度津町中讃

Said to be good for ailments of the eye. More than two hundred Kannon figures stand in rows.

香川県 · Shrines & temples

Goshoji

宇多津町中讃

The only Ji-shu temple among the Shikoku sacred sites.

香川県 · Shrines & temples

Tennoji

坂出市中讃

Where the body of the retired Emperor Sutoku was laid. A miwa-style torii stands here.

香川県 · Shrines & temples

Shiromineji

坂出市中讃

The tomb of the retired Emperor Sutoku is here. The setting of a tale in Ueda Akinari's Ugetsu Monogatari.

香川県 · Shrines & temples

Sanuki Kokubunji

高松市高松

The foundation stones from its founding survive, so the size of the old precinct can be read on the ground.

香川県 · Shrines & temples

Ichinomiyaji

高松市高松

Put your head into the stone shrine, they say, and you will hear the cauldrons of hell.

香川県 · Shrines & temples

Yakuriji

高松市高松

At the foot of Mount Goken. A cable car takes you up. A place of Kangiten worship.

香川県 · Shrines & temples

Nagaoji

さぬき市東讃

Said to be where Shizuka Gozen took the tonsure.

香川県 · Shrines & temples

Kanonji

観音寺市西讃

Two temples of the circuit within a single precinct. The only such case in Japan.

香川県 · Shrines & temples

Motoyamaji

三豊市西讃

Its main hall is a National Treasure. One of the few Shikoku temples with a five-storey pagoda.

香川県 · Shrines & temples

Iyadaniji

三豊市西讃

Held to be the mountain where the souls of the dead gather. Countless cliff Buddhas are carved into the rock face.

香川県 · Shrines & temples

Gojunoto

さぬき市東讃

It stands at the temple that carries the legend of the diving woman and the jewel.

香川県 · Shrines & temples

Zozusan

琴平町中讃

The mountain on which Kotohiragu stands. Its outline suggests an elephant's head.

香川県 · Shrines & temples

Momoryo

多度津町中讃

The site of the tale of a mother calling out to her son as he went off to war. It looks down on the harbour.

香川県 · Shrines & temples

Goo Jinja

直島町東讃

Rebuilt with a hall reached by a glass stairway. Contemporary art and faith, overlapping.

愛媛県 · Shrines & temples

Oyamazumi Jinja

今治市大三島東予

What makes this shrine singular is that a substantial share of all the arms and armour designated National Treasures or Important Cultural Properties …

愛媛県 · Shrines & temples

Ishiteji

松山市中予

Its Nio gate is a National Treasure. It stands just beside Dogo Onsen.

愛媛県 · Shrines & temples

Isaniwa Jinja

松山市中予

Its hall in the hachiman-zukuri style is held to be one of only three such in Japan, with Usa Jingu and Iwashimizu Hachimangu. It stands on the rise a…

愛媛県 · Shrines & temples

Nankobo

今治市東予

The only temple on the circuit to call itself a bo. It was moved from Omishima as an auxiliary shrine of Oyamazumi Jinja.

愛媛県 · Shrines & temples

Yokomineji

西条市東予

At about 750 metres, one of the hardest stretches on the circuit. It is bound up with the faith of Mount Ishizuchi.

愛媛県 · Shrines & temples

Mantra Cave

松山市中予

You pass through a cave and come out at the inner sanctuary. A space of extraordinary density.

愛媛県 · Shrines & temples

Niomon

松山市中予

The Nio gate is a National Treasure. It carries the legend of Emon Saburo and the origin of the pilgrimage.