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Anan

Tairyuji

A mountain temple called the Koya of the west. Kukai is said to have practised here, and today a ropeway runs up.

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Yakuoji

Known as a temple for warding off misfortune. Custom is to climb the 42 steps of the men's slope and the 33 of the women's, leaving a coin on each according to your age.

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Idoji

A well survives that Kukai is said to have dug in a single night. If your face shows in the water, they say, you will keep your health.

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Naruto

Gokurakuji

A long-life cedar said to have been planted by Kobo Daishi stands here.

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Kamiyama

Shosanji

The first hard stretch, called a pilgrim-breaker. It stands at 700 metres.

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Inbe Jinja

It enshrines the Inbe clan, who wove hemp and cotton and delivered them to the court.

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Miyoshi

Otsurugi Jinja

The second highest peak in western Japan. The Ototo rock near the summit is the deity.

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Itano

Konsenji

A well said to have been dug by Kobo Daishi survives. If your face shows in it, you will live long.

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Anrakuji

A temple on the circuit with a hot spring. It keeps lodgings where pilgrims rest.

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Awa

Jurakuji

Its name means leaving the eight sufferings and gaining the ten pleasures. A vermilion gate recalling the dragon palace stands here.

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Kirihataji

You climb 333 stone steps. Its great pagoda, built by Toyotomi Hideyori to pray for the repose of his father Hideyoshi, is an Important Cultural Property.

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Tatsueji

One of the four barrier temples of Shikoku. Those with ill intent were said to be unable to go further.

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Katsuura

Kakurinji

At about 500 metres. Two cranes are said to have guarded the principal image, so cranes stand where guardian lions usually would.

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Miyoshi

Hashikuraji

Called the inner sanctuary of Konpira. The main hall and five other buildings are Important Cultural Properties.

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Dainichiji

It was the administrative temple of Ichinomiya Jinja, and keeps a trace of the old fusion of Shinto and Buddhism.

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Joraki

The whole precinct is bare bedrock, and is called the garden of flowing rock.

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Awa Kokubunji

Its Momoyama-period dry landscape garden is a Place of Scenic Beauty.

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Kannonji (Tokushima)

It carries a faith for stopping a child's night crying.

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Ichinomiya Jinja

One of the shrines claiming to be first of Awa Province.

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Onzanji

Said to be where Kukai received his mother. Until then women were barred.

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Hinomine Jinja

It looks out over the Kii Channel.

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Anan

Byodoji

You climb the men's and women's misfortune slopes to reach the main hall.

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Kaiyo

Saba Daishi

It preserves the custom of saba-dachi, giving up salted mackerel while making a vow.

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Minami

Sea Turtles and Shrine at Ohama Coast, Hiwasa

A nesting ground for loggerhead turtles. A land that reveres what the sea gives.