Saimyo-ji is a small relatively unknown temple in Shionoe, in the south of Takamatsu. Its only claim to fame is the fact that most of its grounds are covered with flowers called hagi (Wikipedia tells me that they’re called Japanese clovers in English). And that’s enough for the temple to […]
Buddhist Temple
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How about we resume our Shikoku Pilgrimage? I left you at Konsen-ji and it was a little while ago, right? So today, I’m bringing you to the fourth temple of the Shikoku Henro, that is Dainichi-ji (大日寺 – The Temple of the Big Sun – or is it the […]
Today, we’re going to Tokushima Prefecture, more precisely in the city of Itano (city by name only, a town really) to visit Konsen-ji, Shikoku Pilgrimage’s third temple. It’s located just three kilometers from Gokuraku-ji, its predecessor, and to go from one to the other is a piece of cake, the […]
Today, we’re leaving the Setouchi area a little bit. We’re even leaving Kagawa Prefecture to head to its neighbor in the South East of Shikoku, namely Tokushima Prefecture. More precisely, we’re going to the city of Naruto where our destination of the day is. I’m talking about Ryozen-ji, Shikoku Pilgrimage’s […]
Just a couple of pictures from Zentsu-ji, the 75th temple of the Shikoku Pilgrimage (but the largest and most important one as it’s the birthplace of Kobo Daishi).
I hadn’t been back to Honen-ji in quite a while, so I went a couple of weekends ago. Located in the Busshozan neighborhood, Honen-ji is one of the most beautiful temples in Takamatsu (possibly the most beautiful one), however it’s poorly known by the locals and pretty unknown by […]
I left you last month with Ōkyo Maruyama’s tigers, and while the temple where they’re located is a great place to stay, it’s time to resume our ascension of Konpira-san if we want to reach the top before 2015, don’t you think? First of all, if you’ve missed the […]
I left you a few days ago at the first stop of the 1,368 steps ascension of Konpira-san. Today, we’re not going much higher, as a mere dozen steps later (basically on top of the set of stairs you can see on the last picture of the previous post) […]
I really need to tell you more about Hōnen-ji, a buddhist temple located in Busshōzan, one of the few remaining historical neighborhoods in Takamatsu.
Konzō-ji (金倉寺), is a very cute small temple from the Shikoku Pilgrimage’s 88 Temples. It is the 76th one, that is the one following the famous Zentsū-ji. It is also located in the city of Zentsūji, about three kilometers away from its predecessor. At first sight, and especially if you’ve […]