Japan 100 Kannon Pilgrimage Explained

The is a pilgrimage circuit that is composed of the following three independent pilgrimage circuits:^[1]

• , in the Kansai region.
• , in the Kantō region.
• , in Chichibu, Saitama.

The Chichibu 34 Kannon pilgrimage originally had 33 temples, but in 1525 another one was added in order have a hundred temples when joined to the circuits of the Saigoku and Bandō pilgrimages.

See also

• Shikoku Pilgrimage, 88 Temple pilgrimage in the Shikoku island
• Musashino Kannon Pilgrimage, pilgrimage in Tokyo and Saitama prefectures
• Chūgoku 33 Kannon, pilgrimage in the Chūgoku region
• Kannon

Notes and References

1. http://www.nichibun.ac.jp/graphicversion/dbase/reikenki/index.html 日本百観音, International Research Center for Japanese Studies