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Takamatsu

Yakuriji

At the foot of Mount Goken. A cable car takes you up. A place of Kangiten worship.

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Sanuki

Nagaoji

Said to be where Shizuka Gozen took the tonsure.

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Kanonji

Two temples of the circuit within a single precinct. The only such case in Japan.

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Mitoyo

Motoyamaji

Its main hall is a National Treasure. One of the few Shikoku temples with a five-storey pagoda.

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Mitoyo

Iyadaniji

Held to be the mountain where the souls of the dead gather. Countless cliff Buddhas are carved into the rock face.

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Sanuki

Gojunoto

It stands at the temple that carries the legend of the diving woman and the jewel.

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Kotohira

Zozusan

The mountain on which Kotohiragu stands. Its outline suggests an elephant's head.

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Tadotsu

Momoryo

The site of the tale of a mother calling out to her son as he went off to war. It looks down on the harbour.

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Naoshima

Goo Jinja

Rebuilt with a hall reached by a glass stairway. Contemporary art and faith, overlapping.

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Omishima, Imabari

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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Matsuyama

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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Matsuyama

Taisanji

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

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Matsuyama

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.