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EhimeShrines & Temples

Omishima, Imabari

Oyamazumi Jinja

What makes this shrine singular is that a substantial share of all the arms and armour designated National Treasures or Important Cultural Properties is concentrated in this one place, including pieces said to have been dedicated by Minamoto no Yoshitsune, Benkei and the Kono clan. A trace of its having drawn the faith of the Inland Sea navies and their commanders, as a god of the sea and of war.

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Matsuyama

Ishiteji

Its Nio gate is a National Treasure. It stands just beside Dogo Onsen.

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Matsuyama

Isaniwa Jinja

Its hall in the hachiman-zukuri style is held to be one of only three such in Japan, with Usa Jingu and Iwashimizu Hachimangu. It stands on the rise above Dogo.

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Imabari

Nankobo

The only temple on the circuit to call itself a bo. It was moved from Omishima as a sub-temple of the betto temple of an auxiliary shrine of Oyamazumi Jinja.

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Saijo

Yokomineji

At about 750 metres, one of the hardest stretches on the circuit. It is bound up with the faith of Mount Ishizuchi.

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Matsuyama

Mantra Cave

You pass through a cave and come out at the inner sanctuary. A space of extraordinary density.

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Niomon

The Nio gate is a National Treasure. It carries the legend of Emon Saburo and the origin of the pilgrimage.

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Taisanji

Its main hall is a National Treasure, a large Buddhist hall of the Kamakura period.

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Jodoji (Ehime)

It holds a figure of the monk Kuya.

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Imabari

Okusu

Said to be 2,600 years old, standing in the grounds of the shrine called the guardian of all Japan.

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Uchiko

Koshoji

A stone reclining Buddha lies here. The temple of a town made rich by wood wax.

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Ozu

Nyohoji

Its Buddha hall is an Important Cultural Property. A castle town on the bank of the Hiji river.

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Uwajima

Warei Jinja

One of the largest torii in Shikoku. At the Warei festival the portable shrine is run down and thrown into the river.

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Saijo

Jojusha

The base for the climb up Mount Ishizuchi. A ropeway takes you up.

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Saijo

Kusariba

You climb three chains to reach the summit. With the trial chain there are four in all.

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Saijo

Ishizuchi Jinja

It worships Mount Ishizuchi, the highest peak in western Japan. A sacred mountain of shugendo.

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Saijo

Koonji

A faith centred on Koyasu Daishi. Its main hall is a modern building in the form of a great lecture hall.

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Saijo

Hojuji

It was the administrative temple of the first shrine of Iyo.

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Saijo

Kichijoji

The only temple among the Shikoku sacred sites with Bishamonten as its principal image.

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Saijo

Maegamiji

The administrative temple of Mount Ishizuchi, and once the central seat of shugendo.

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Enmyoji

A Christian lantern survives here, a trace of faith under prohibition.

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Hantaji

Where the monk Ippen trained. It looks out over the Matsuyama plain.

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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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Yasakaji

Said to have been founded by En no Gyoja, who began shugendo.