Kagawa Prefecture

Daikoji is Temple No. 67 on the Shikoku 88 Temple Pilgrimage, located in Mitoyo, Kagawa Prefecture. Nestled in the former Yamamoto area, this Buddhist temple draws pilgrims and visitors seeking spiritual reflection amid the scenic western Kagawa countryside.

Honmura's tutelary shrine, rebuilt in 2002 by artist Hiroshi Sugimoto for Naoshima's Art House Project. A glass staircase links the Shinmeistyle main hall to a stone chamber buried beneath it.

Doryuji is a Shingon temple in Tadotsu, Kagawa, near the Seto Inland Sea coast. Founded in 712, it is valued for its long religious history and as a regional Buddhist site, with the temple grounds reflecting the quiet continuity of early Japanese temple...

Temple 71 on the Shikoku Pilgrimage, Iyadani stands on a rocky mountain slope in Mitoyo, Kagawa. Known for steep stone steps, cave halls, and wide views over the Sanuki Plain, it is linked to Gyoki and early8thcentury origins.

Jinnein is a Buddhist temple in Kanonji, Kagawa, known as Shikoku Pilgrimage Temple 68. It shares the Mt. Kotohiki precincts with Kannonji Temple and is closely tied to the former Kotohiki Hachimangu Shrine, reflecting a rare history of syncretic worship.

Koyama Temple (Koyamaji) is a Buddhist temple in Zentsuji, Kagawa, known as Temple 74 of the Shikoku Pilgrimage. It stands at the foot of a mountain whose shape inspired its name, and is associated with Yakushi Nyorai.

This text is about Zentsūji (善通寺市, Zentsūjishi), a city in Kagawa Prefecture, Japan, best known as the home of Zentsūji, one of the most important temples linked to Kūkai and the Shikoku pilgrimage. The city had an estimated population of 30,780 in 2022 and...

Motoyamaji is temple No. 70 of the Shikoku Pilgrimage, a Kōyasan Shingon Buddhist temple in Mitoyo, Kagawa. Founded in 807 by Kūkai, it features a National Treasure main hall (rebuilt 1300) and one of only four fivestoried pagodas on the pilgrimage route.