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Naruto

Ryozenji

The first temple of the Shikoku 88. The circuit runs about 1,400 kilometres around temples tied to Kukai, and it goes right around the island: Tokushima the road of resolve, Kochi the road of practice, Ehime the road of enlightenment, Kagawa the road of nirvana. Shikoku is divided not by provincial borders but by the stages of practice.

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Naruto

Oasahiko Jinja

It enshrines the deity of hemp and grain, and a great vermilion torii stands in its grounds. Hemp growing and the rise of indigo overlap with this shrine's sphere of faith.

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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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Minami

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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Tokushima

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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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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Komatsushima

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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Tokushima

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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Tokushima

Awa Kokubunji

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

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Tokushima

Kannonji (Tokushima)

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

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Anan

Byodoji

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