What do you actually do when you arrive at one of the 88 temples of the Shikoku Pilgrimage? I asked myself the same thing before my first pilgrimage. I'm not religious, and I knew Buddhism mostly from funerals. I did the whole loop twice by bike, and by t ...
When is the best time to do the Shikoku 88 Temple Pilgrimage, the henro? In my experience the answer is spring or autumn, and the reasons are more specific than "nice weather." I did the whole loop twice by bike, once around Japan's Golden Week holidays i ...
Thinking about cycling the Shikoku 88 Temple Pilgrimage, the henro? Most English guides are written for people walking it. This one is for cyclists. I rode the whole loop from Temple 1 to Temple 88 in one go, twice: about 1,300 km, roughly 100 km a day, s ...
