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Kai Pilgrimage

Posted on Thursday June 18th, 2009 at 19:06 in religion, history, whole area of yamanashi prefecture, kai hyakuhachi reijo

It is said that the beginning of pilgrimage in Japan is "Saigoku Sanjūsan-sho 西国三十三所" mostly in Kansai region. In Edo period, this sort of pilgrimage grew popular among members of the general public (for example, "Shikoku Pilgrimage 四�...