The Shikoku pilgrimage
The presence of the land, for the landscape in Shikoku is not only beautiful, it is prayerful. The pilgrimage route is not an imposed or fleeting human path; it is an enduring one that the land invites us to travel. Mountains, trees, water—the natural world is inseparable from the human feet that touch the ground. With each step, the pilgrim arrives into an unfolding song.
To be a pilgrim is to set aside, for a while, worldly concerns. To do the daring thing in these days of media and in this age of clocks: taking your time in getting somewhere, or leaving time behind altogether. To travel to a place for the sake of the place and for the sake of the travel. To allow point A and point B to give way to possibility, to mystery. You are meant to allow the journey to do its work on you.
Shikoku Pilgrimage
Following the route of 88 Buddhist temples on the Shikoku Pilgrimage, this rich multimedia story brings you into an ancient landscape.
| Chapter | Title | Temple |
|---|---|---|
| I | Heart Sutra
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– |
| II | No Beginning
 |
01 |
| III | To Worship a Mountain
 |
12 |
| IV | The Temple and the Field
 |
34 |
| V | I Am Called Sky
 |
36 |
| VI | The Legend of the Cave
 |
45 |
| VII | Crossings
 |
– |
| VIII | Stone Steps
 |
– |
| IX | Cherry Blossoms
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– |
| X | The Circular Journey
 |
65 |
| XI | The Loss of the Unexpected
 |
66 |
| XII | Two Trees
 |
75 |
| XIII | The Legend of Emon Saburō
 |
88 |
