Feb. 21, Tue. 0:30 - 1:00 (UTC) etc.
"OHENRO Shikoku Pilgrimage Part 2: Kochi - Pref."
- Mikurodo Cave
- Copying sutras
- Cooking with inn owner
1,200 years ago, the Buddhist saint Kukai (also known as Kobo Daishi) established 88 temples in Shikoku. Later, it became popular to make a pilgrimage, along a route around the island, visiting all of the temples. This pilgrimage is known as ohenro, and the pilgrims are called ohenro-san.
This week on Journeys in Japan, Bene continues on the second stage of her pilgrimage, through Kochi Prefecture. The trail is hard, and covers a distance of about 350 km. Bene visits a cave on Cape Muroto where the young priest Kukai meditated and achieved enlightenment.
Bene continues to Kochi City, visiting a temple where she experiences the spiritual discipline of copying sutras by hand. She encounters many people along the route, including other pilgrims. In Kuroshio Town, she stays the night at a homestay-style inn, and establishes a deep connection with the couple who run the inn.
Mikurodo Cave
This cave is where the Buddhist Priest Kukai achieved spiritual enlightenment, about 1,200 years ago. It is said that he took the name Kukai, which literally means "Sky Sea" because that is all he could see while he was meditating.
Temple 31: Chikurin-ji
This temple lies about 6 kilometers from the center of Kochi City. Its principal image is the bodhisattva of wisdom. Visitors can experience shakyo, the religious discipline of copying Buddhist sutras by hand.
(Cost 1,500 yen/person; reservations accepted for groups of two people or more)
http://www.chikurinji.com/ (in Japanese only)
Temple 33: Sekkei-ji
The principal image here is Yakushi Nyorai, the Buddha of medicine. This temple belongs to the Rinzai school of Buddhism. There are only two Rinzai temples among the 88 holy places on the Shikoku pilgrimage route.
Kuroshio Town
About 100 km from Kochi, Kuroshio is well known as a port town. For details about homestay-style accommodation, visit this web site:
http://sagataikan.jp/doc/host.html (in Japanese only)
Temple 38: Kongofuku-ji
The temple at the southernmost tip of Shikoku. There is about 80-km distance from front No. 37 temple, and it is the longest distance between Shikoku temples.
Links in English about the ohenro pilgrimage:
David Moreton: The Shikoku Pilgrimage Route
http://www.davidmoreton.com/Shikoku-Pilgrimage-Route.php
David L. Turkington walked Shikoku Henro from March to May in 1999.
http://www.shikokuhenrotrail.com/
The next part of OHENRO Shikoku Pilgrimage will be broadcast in May.
Reporter: Bene
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