Shikoku 88 Temple Pilgrimage - Awa Kainan to Toyo (Episode 11)

EPISODE 11: Awa Kainan to Toyo, December 22, 2018

Since 2013, our company, Mountain Hiking Holidays has been organizing and leading hiking trips along the route of the Shikoku 88 Temple Pilgrimage. Also known as the Ohenro, this is an eleven hundred year old Buddhist pilgrimage route that circumnavigates the Japanese island of Shikoku. The entire pilgrimage to the 88 temples covers a distance of roughly 700 miles. Today, the majority of the pilgrimage route follows paved roads, so for our organized, guided hiking trips we focus on the best remaining "trailed segments" that lead through Shikoku's lovely mountain and woodland landscapes and are best suited for hiking.

Beginning in the spring of 2017 the Osaki Family set off on a personal, multi-year project to complete the entire Shikoku 88 Temple Pilgrimage on foot including all the segments along paved roads.

In March 2017, we walked from Temple #1 (Ryozenji) to Temple #17 (Idoji) over the course of four days.
In December 2018, we walked from Temple #17 (Idoji) to Temple #26 (Kongochoji) over the course of ten days.
In December 2019, we walked from Temple #26 (Kongochoji) to Temple #38 (Kongofukuji) over the course of thirteen days.

This video is a log of Day #7 (out of 10 days) of our December 2018 journey along the 100-mile segment of the Shikoku 88 Temple Pilgrimage between Temple #17 (Idoji) and Temple #26 (Kongochoji) near Cape Muroto.

Highlights of this segment include long stretches of walking along the seacoast passing Mugi and Shishikui towns, the crossing of the Kome Pass from Tokushima (Awa) Prefecture to Kochi (Tosa) Prefecture, doing a bit of trail maintenance, watching boats in Kannoura harbor.

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