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Manjusri image at Chikurin-ji temple unveiled for 1st time in 50 years

KOCHI, Japan - "Monju Bosatsu, " an image of Manjusri, sitting atop a roaring lion, which symbolizes the powerful voice of Buddhist Law and the power of Buddhism to overcome all obstacles, goes on display to the public on April 25, 2014 for the first time in 50 years at Chikurin-ji, a Shingon temple in Kochi, Kochi Prefecture, western Japan. The temple is number 31 on the Shikoku 88 temple pilgrimage said to be launched by Kukai, a renowned monk also known as Kobo Daishi, 1,200 years ago. The display is open to the public through May 25. (Pool photo by Kochi Shimbun).

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Korean guide on racist slurs

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Photo taken in December 2013 in Zentsuji, Kagawa Prefecture, shows Choi Sang Hee of South Korea, the first non-Japanese woman to qualify as a guide for an 88-temple pilgrimage course on western Japan's Shikoku Island. In a phone interview on the night of April 10, 2014, regarding the recent posting of racist signs possibly targeting her trail marker stickers on the pilgrimage routes, Choi said she is perplexed by the issue but still loves the Japanese people.

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Racist stickers found along pilgrimage trail

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Photo taken April 10, 2014, in Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, shows a rest station along the 88-temple pilgrimage course known as Shikoku Henro, on Shikoku Island, western Japan, where an anti-Korean sticker has been posted. The messages found there and other rest stations call on hikers to "Protect our precious pilgrimage route from Korean hands," the stations' managers said.

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53 pilgrimage points picked in 4 quake-affected prefectures

Civic group co-leader Kaori Niitsuma announces on Feb. 4, 2015, a list of 53 places in the northeastern Japanese prefectures of Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate and Aomori, ravaged by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, as "pilgrimage sites" following the example of an 88-temple pilgrimage route in Shikoku, western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Man proposes tour of 88 treasure spots on Shikoku Island

Tetsuya Sato, president of a liquor retailer in Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, points his finger on Oct. 5, 2015, in the direction of Ozuchi Island (L, back) in the Seto Inland Sea. Sato has mapped out a tour of 88 spots on Shikoku Island that have myths and historical backgrounds concerning money and treasure, similar to the 88-temple pilgrimage route. The uninhabited island of Ozuchi is the No. 78 spot where a pirate clan's treasure-trove is said to remain buried. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Kagawa Pref. signs cooperation pact with Spain's Galicia

Governor Keizo Hamada of Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, signs an agreement on cooperation with Premier Alberto Nunez Feijoo of Spain's Galicia autonomous region in Santiago de Compostela on Sept. 1, 2015. The accord calls for a bilateral partnership regarding Japan's bid to seek UNESCO World Cultural Heritage registration of its 88-temple pilgrimage route on the smallest main island of Shikoku that comprises Kagawa and three other prefectures. Santiago de Compostela, the final destination of a Christian pilgrimage route, is already listed on the World Heritage register. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Shikoku pilgrimage

Photo taken April 19, 2020, shows Okubo-ji temple in Sanuki, Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, one of the famed pilgrimage spots on the 88-temple "Shikoku Henro" route. Most of the temples in Shikoku island have stopped offering temple stamps, which pilgrims collect as proof of passage, to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Shikoku pilgrimage

A woman chants sutras at Ichinomiya-ji temple in Takamastu in Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, one of the famed pilgrimage spots on the 88-temple "Shikoku Henro" route, on April 18, 2020. Most of the temples in Shikoku island have stopped offering temple stamps, which pilgrims collect as proof of passage, to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo