Shikoku Henro tour – Touring 88 places of pilgrimage
Henro is an act of pilgrimage the whole of Shikoku while based at eighty-eight bill places in Shikoku. It is said that the eighty-eight temples are all old and have a history with the great master (Kobo-Daishi). Kobo-Daishi was trained in Shikoku, the place of birth. Therefore, Kobo Daishi thought about his own way of life, sought for an ideal, prayed to convey it to as many people as possible, and made an effort. In this article, we tell you the origin of the Shikoku pilgrimage and the attitude to take part in the pilgrimage tour.