Japan

Eighty-eight temples around an island, a circuit walked beside Kūkai across thirteen centuries.

A modern Kansai Kannon circuit organized in 1932 to make the old route walkable for working pilgrims.

The oldest Kannon circuit in Japan — thirty-three temples across western Honshu, walked since the eighth century.

Thirty-four temples in a single Saitama valley — the third leg that makes the Hyakkasho complete.

Thirty-three temples to Kannon across the eastern plain, a circuit of compassion shaped by twelfth-century warriors and walked still.

A modern Kannon circuit across western Honshu, established in 1981 to honor temples that lay outside the great medieval routes.