My Japan trips

Fukuoka, Kagoshima & Miyazaki

Hokkaido (Wakkanai, Sapporo, Asahikawa, Otaru & Hakodate) & Honshu (Hirosaki, Sendai and Odarawa)

Kyoto, Shirakawa-go & Gokayama, Japan Alps

  Kobo Daishi弘法大師, founder of Shingon-shu or “True Word School” 真言宗, was born in Shikoku 四国.  The famous 1400-km long 88-temple pilgrimage route in Shikoku 四国遍路,is associated with Kobo Daishi. After completing the first stage of the pilgrimage route visiting 23 temples in Tokushima Prefecture, I reached his final resting place in Mt. Koya高野山.  The … Continue reading »