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香川県 · Shrines & temples

Kotohiragu

琴平町中讃

The approach runs 785 steps to the main shrine and 1,368 to the inner one. In the Edo period, when free travel was difficult, a Konpira pilgrimage was…

香川県 · Shrines & temples

Zentsuji

善通寺市中讃

Held to be the birthplace of Kukai. It sits near the end of the road that begins in Tokushima.

香川県 · Shrines & temples

Yashimaji

高松市高松

On top of Yashima, looking down on the old battlefield of the Genpei war.

香川県 · Shrines & temples

Tamura Jinja

高松市高松

First shrine of Sanuki Province. A dragon is said to live in the bottomless pool in its grounds, and looking into it was held to bring a curse.

香川県 · Shrines & temples

Negoroji

高松市高松

A mountain temple on the circuit, carrying the legend of the ushi-oni. Also famous for autumn colour.

香川県 · Shrines & temples

Izutama Jinja

琴平町中讃

The inner shrine. A tengu is carved into the cliff at 421 metres.

香川県 · Shrines & temples

Omote Shoin

琴平町中讃

Wall paintings by Maruyama Okyo survive here.

香川県 · Shrines & temples

Zentsuji Gojunoto

善通寺市中讃

The birthplace of Kukai. The pagoda stands 43 metres.

香川県 · Shrines & temples

Shidoji

さぬき市東讃

It carries the legend of the diving woman who retrieved the jewel, the setting of the Noh play Ama.

香川県 · Shrines & temples

Okuboji

さぬき市東讃

The temple of fulfilment. Pilgrims leave their staffs here.

香川県 · Shrines & temples

Zenigata Sunae

観音寺市西讃

A huge sand drawing in the shape of a Kanei-tsuho coin. Seeing it is said to keep you from want of money.

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.