Bodhisattva
Explore sacred places with reviewed veneration relationships to Jizō (Kṣitigarbha).
Sacred focus
Katsuura, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan
Kakurin-ji, Temple 20 of the Shikoku 88, sits high on Mount Washinō in Katsuura....
Muroto, Kochi Prefecture, Japan
Shinshō-ji rises directly above the working harbour of Murotsu, reached by a steep stone staircase that climbs through a Niōmon gate set unusually mid-flight....
Imabari, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
Temple 56 of the Shikoku henro is one of the few personally founded by Kūkai. In 815 he led local villagers in flood-control work along the Sosha River, performed the...
Komatsushima, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan
Tatsue-ji is the Sōsekisho, the chief barrier temple of the Shikoku 88. Folk belief holds that pilgrims of unresolved sin or insincere intent cannot pass beyond this gate....
