Sacred journeys

Pilgrimages

Routes that gather many sites into one journey — circuits of temples, mountain ascents, long roads walked across centuries. 6 pilgrimages on Pilgrim Map.

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Buddhism · Kantō · Japan

Bandō Sanjūsankasho Pilgrimage

坂東三十三観音霊場

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

33 of 33 stations published

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Buddhism · Kantō · Japan

Chichibu 34 Kannon Pilgrimage

秩父三十四観音霊場

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

34 of 34 stations published

Buddhism · Chūgoku · Japan

Chūgoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage

中国三十三観音霊場

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

29 of 33 stations published

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Buddhism · Kansai · Japan

New Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage

新西国三十三所

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

38 of 33 stations published

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Buddhism · Kansai · Japan

Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage

西国三十三所

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

36 of 33 stations published

Buddhism · Shikoku · Japan

Shikoku 88 Temple Pilgrimage

四国八十八ヶ所霊場

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

88 of 88 stations published