On weekends you can take public buses to Mount Tsurugi. After a short cable car ride and a 30-minute walk to the summit you can hike from Mt. Tsurugi to …
Shōsan-ji is temple No. 12 on the Shikoku pilgrimage. Located at 800 m up a mountain, it’s the second highest temple on the pilgrimage, and it’s known as a nansho, …
Fujiidera means 'the wisteria temple'. The ancient wisteria at the temple blooms from late April to early May. There's a magnificent dragon painted on the ceiling of the main hall. …
Ryūsui-an is a Buddhist temple 6.6 km from Fujii-dera. When Kūkai rested here, he wanted water. So he dug a well with a willow branch. The spring is called ‘willow …
Jōren-an is a Buddhist temple 8.8 km from Fujii-dera at an altitude of 745 m, the highest point on the Shōsan-ji Road. A huge cedar, the ‘Ippon Sugi’ grows here …
Iwaya-ji is temple No. 45 on the Shikoku Pilgrimage, or Henro. If there’s one temple on the pilgrimage you really should visit in Ehime Prefecture, Iwaya-ji is it. The temple …
Henro Korogashi are particularly steep sections of the Shikoku pilgrimage trail. The name roughly translates as 'pilgrim killer'. This is the first such section between temples 11 and 12.
For a few yen you can walk over bridges out of vine - no worries, today they also use steel cables. The bridge spans high over the Iyagawa-river. There are …
Daihō-ji, the Temple of Great Treasure, is temple No. 44 on the Shikoku Pilgrimage. It stands in a forest of ancient cypress trees in the area known as Kuma Highland in central Ehime.