SIGN IN YOUR ACCOUNT TO HAVE ACCESS TO DIFFERENT FEATURES

FORGOT YOUR PASSWORD?

FORGOT YOUR DETAILS?

AAH, WAIT, I REMEMBER NOW!
Click various section for different content
  • Home
  • Technology 科技
  • Travel 旅行
    • Travel 旅行
    • Europe
    • Africa
      • Egypt
      • Morocco
    • Hong Kong
    • Japan
    • Vietnam
    • Sri Lanka
    • Turkey
  • Photography 摄影
  • Entertainment 娱乐
    • Entertainment
    • Star Wars
  • Food and Drinks 饮食
  • Readings 读物
  • Life 人生
  • Chinese 中文
  • Blog
  • About
  • LOGIN
  • Home
  • Technology 科技
  • Travel 旅行
    • Travel 旅行
    • Europe
    • Africa
      • Egypt
      • Morocco
    • Hong Kong
    • Japan
    • Vietnam
    • Sri Lanka
    • Turkey
  • Photography 摄影
  • Entertainment 娱乐
    • Entertainment
    • Star Wars
  • Food and Drinks 饮食
  • Readings 读物
  • Life 人生
  • Chinese 中文
  • Blog
  • About
CONTACT US
  • Home
  • Blog
  • Travel 旅行
  • Shikoku Pilgrimage Spiritual journey for self discovery
0
Lim Kim Keong
Friday, 13 April 2018 / Published in Travel 旅行

Shikoku Pilgrimage Spiritual journey for self discovery

I had one scene saw while at Japan (few years back), from Osaka to Koyasan, people dress in pilgrimage dress in old fashion, take the same train like us, and then cable car, and bus to visit temples in Koyasan. See the photo I snap at that time.

Actually I saw more people in this way of dressing while at Koyasan. From there later on understanding what they are really doing. As a popular pilgrimage destination for centuries, Koyasan. I start to reading on the legendary the Buddhist monk Kūkai (空海), also known posthumously as Kōbō-Daishi (弘法大師 The Grand Master Who Propagated the Buddhist Teaching), 774–835, was a Japanese Buddhist monk, civil servant, scholar, poet, and artist who founded the Shingon or “True Word” school of Buddhism. Shingon followers usually refer to him by the honorific title of Odaishisama (お大師様)and the religious name of Henjō-Kongō (遍照金剛).

Since then, I always want to travel to Shikoku and try out the Shikoku Pilgrimage (四国遍路 Shikoku Henro) or Shikoku Junrei (四国巡礼) is a multi-site pilgrimage of 88 temples associated with the Buddhist monk Kūkai (Kōbō Daishi) on the island of Shikoku, Japan.

Off course, I may not had that time for travel and visit all one round, but experiencing it by selective few temples myself on this coming 7th trip to Japan with my wife.

Shikoku region, if you ask me, the truly unique travel experience in my mind, for sure it is Shikoku Pilgrimage. Off course the land full of landscape, culture and things to see and explore, but Shikoku pilgrimage will be in top of my mind.

At the end of Shikoku regional trip, will extend at Kyoto visit Tō-ji (東寺 Tō-ji) (East Temple) is a Buddhist temple of the Shingon sect in Kyoto, Japan. Tō-ji is often associated with Kōbō Daishi (Kūkai).

Kukai’s legacy is huge. It includes the Shikoku Pilgrimage of 88 temples associated with his life in his birthplace of Shikoku, attempted by hundreds of pilgrims (henro) each year.

Look forward for the spiritual journey for this round of re visit Japan and discovery more.

 

 

Tagged under: Japan 日本, Koyasan, Kūkai, Pilgrimage, Shikoku, Tō-ji, 四国遍路, 東寺, 空海

What you can read next

Flower Dome | Gardens by the Bay
MARUGAME 丸亀
Trip 2018.6 Japan and Hong Kong

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recent Posts

  • End of DayOne Journal

    I have been a user of the DayOne journal app si...
  • Blogging is not dead but evolved in 2023 and beyond

    Blogging has evolved over time, traditional blo...
  • New Year 2023

    It’s the New Year 2023, and this is my fi...
  • Restart online posting for self expression and sharing

    I set up the personal website, but from my own ...
  • The Era of the Individual

    The Era of the Individual is with us for someth...

Recent Comments

  • Lim Kim Keong on Supertrees Grove Gardens by the Bay
  • Linus on Supertrees Grove Gardens by the Bay

Archives

  • January 2023
  • November 2022
  • August 2022
  • April 2022
  • February 2022
  • November 2021
  • September 2021
  • August 2021
  • July 2021
  • June 2021
  • May 2021
  • April 2021
  • December 2020
  • November 2020
  • July 2020
  • April 2020
  • September 2019
  • August 2019
  • July 2019
  • June 2019
  • April 2019
  • March 2019
  • February 2019
  • January 2019
  • October 2018
  • August 2018
  • June 2018
  • April 2018
  • March 2018
  • January 2018
  • December 2017
  • November 2017
  • October 2017
  • September 2017
  • June 2017
  • May 2017
  • April 2017
  • February 2017
  • January 2017
  • June 2016
  • May 2016
  • March 2016
  • January 2016
  • December 2015
  • October 2015
  • September 2015
  • August 2015
  • July 2015
  • June 2015
  • May 2015
  • March 2015
  • September 2014

Categories

  • About
  • Business 生意
  • Chinese 中文
  • Entertainment 娱乐
  • Food and Drinks 饮食
  • Life 人生
  • Lifestyle
  • News and Update 新闻和更新
  • Photography 摄影
  • Readings 读物
  • Technology 科技
  • Thought 想法
  • Travel 旅行
  • Uncategorized

Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org
TOP