The tendency of people to work well into their retirement ages is threatening the future of the sacred pilgrimage route of 88 temples on Shikoku island, tourism officials say. Tackling sections of ...

Henro, a pilgrimage of 88 temples in Shikoku, is a tradition with a long history. It attracts 150,000 people from all over the world annually. Calling these pilgrims "o-henro-san," or those who ...

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The Shikoku Pilgrimage, or Shikoku Henro, as it’s called in Japanese, is a circuit around Japan’s island of Shikoku, stopping at temples with connections to Kukai, Japan’s most famous traveling ...

Pilgrimage today is more alive than ever before ... it is but there's something special about this place." The Island of Shikoku in Japan is the birthplace of the most revered figure in Japanese ...

In Seoraksan National Park, in the north east of South Korea, the mountainous landscape is dotted with Buddhist shrines.

Located on the southern shoreline of Shikoku Island, Kochi Prefecture is rich in history, nature and culinary delights. In ...

Leaving her unhappy life in Tokyo, she takes part in the Shikoku Pilgrimage as a lone walking pilgrim. It has been said that if a pilgrim completes the pilgrimage by visiting all 88 sacred places ...

TAKAMATSU—Shikoku, one of Japan’s four main islands ... The site mentions 80 sacred temples along the “o-henro” pilgrimage route, the town of Kamikatsu in Tokushima Prefecture that ...

Yes, you read that right. One major Japanese airline is going above and beyond to help visitors explore the lesser-visited ...

The Connecticut Kirk Murad educator and coach, found out on April 14, 2023 that his wife was missing when he got a call from ...