EhimeShrines & TemplesSaijo
Ishizuchi Jinja
It worships Mount Ishizuchi, the highest peak in western Japan. A sacred mountain of shugendo.
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Kuya Shonin
A figure with six small Amida emerging from its mouth. Kuya is said to have lived here for three years.
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Hashirikomi
The portable shrine leaps into the river. One of the great summer festivals of Shikoku.
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Butsumokuji
As a buddha who guards cattle and horses, it draws people who come to hold memorials for their animals.
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Tosa Jinja
Seen from above, the halls form a dragonfly, an unusual layout called iri-tonbo-zukuri. Chosokabe Motochika rebuilt it.
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Chikurinji
It has a five-storey pagoda and a garden designated a Place of Scenic Beauty. It is also known as the temple of Junshin, the monk of Harimayabashi in the Yosakoi song.
KochiShrines & TemplesMuroto
Hotsumisakiji
Said to be where Kukai practised and took the name Kukai. The Mikurodo cave at Cape Muroto is held to be that place of practice. Kochi is the road of practice on the 88-temple circuit: it has only 16 temples, the fewest of the four prefectures, and the longest distance between them.
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Kongofukuji
It stands at the very tip of Cape Ashizuri. About 80 kilometres from the previous temple, it ends the longest stretch on the whole circuit.
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Wakamiya Hachimangu
Where Chosokabe Motochika prayed for victory in his first battle. A bronze statue of him stands in the grounds.
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Chikurinji Gojunoto
It stands on Mount Godai. The setting for Junshin, the monk of the Yosakoi song.
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