
Route
Kantō’s great Kannon circuit — from Kamakura through Tokyo to the Chiba coast, second of the Japan 100 Kannon set.
Established in the Kamakura period and popularized under the shogunate. This guide maps all 33 Bandō temples from Sugimoto-dera (start) to Nago-ji (finish).
33 mapped anchors on the circuit.
1Temple 1 — Sugimoto-deraJapanTemple 1 of the Bandō 33 Kannon pilgrimage — ancient cliffside temple in Kamakura.Sugimoto-dera → Ganden-ji· ~2 km / 1 mi
2Temple 2 — Ganden-jiJapanTemple 2 of the Bandō 33 Kannon Pilgrimage.Ganden-ji → An'yō-in· ~2 km / 1 mi
3Temple 3 — An'yō-inJapanTemple 3 of the Bandō 33 Kannon Pilgrimage.An'yō-in → Hase-dera (Kamakura)· ~2 km / 1 mi
4Temple 4 — Hase-dera (Kamakura)JapanTemple 4 of the Bandō 33 Kannon Pilgrimage.Hase-dera (Kamakura) → Shōfuku-ji (Kanagawa)· ~34 km / 21 mi
5Temple 5 — Shōfuku-ji (Kanagawa)JapanTemple 5 of the Bandō 33 Kannon pilgrimage in Kanagawa.Shōfuku-ji (Kanagawa) → Chōkoku-ji (Iiyama)· ~25 km / 15 mi
6Temple 6 — Chōkoku-ji (Iiyama)JapanTemple 6 of the Bandō 33 Kannon Pilgrimage.Chōkoku-ji (Iiyama) → Kōmyō-ji· ~13 km / 8 mi
7Temple 7 — Kōmyō-jiJapanTemple 7 of the Bandō 33 Kannon Pilgrimage.Kōmyō-ji → Shōkoku-ji· ~17 km / 11 mi
8Temple 8 — Shōkoku-jiJapanTemple 8 of the Bandō 33 Kannon Pilgrimage.Shōkoku-ji → Jikō-ji· ~60 km / 38 mi
9Temple 9 — Jikō-jiJapanTemple 9 of the Bandō 33 Kannon pilgrimage in Saitama.Jikō-ji → Shōbō-ji· ~12 km / 7 mi
10Temple 10 — Shōbō-jiJapanTemple 10 of the Bandō 33 Kannon Pilgrimage.Shōbō-ji → Anraku-ji· ~9 km / 6 mi
11Temple 11 — Anraku-jiJapanTemple 11 of the Bandō 33 Kannon Pilgrimage.Anraku-ji → Jion-ji· ~26 km / 16 mi
12Temple 12 — Jion-jiJapanTemple 12 of the Bandō 33 Kannon Pilgrimage.Jion-ji → Sensō-ji· ~30 km / 19 mi
13Temple 13 — Sensō-jiJapanTemple 13 of Bandō — Tokyo’s oldest temple, reached through the Thunder Gate and Nakamise street.Sensō-ji → Gumyō-ji· ~37 km / 23 mi
14Temple 14 — Gumyō-jiJapanTemple 14 of the Bandō 33 Kannon Pilgrimage.
15Temple 15 — Chōkoku-jiJapanTemple 15 of the Bandō 33 Kannon Pilgrimage.Chōkoku-ji → Mizusawa-dera· ~11 km / 7 mi
16Temple 16 — Mizusawa-deraJapanTemple 16 of the Bandō 33 Kannon Pilgrimage.Mizusawa-dera → Mangan-ji· ~58 km / 36 mi
17Temple 17 — Mangan-jiJapanTemple 17 of the Bandō 33 Kannon pilgrimage in Tochigi.Mangan-ji → Chūzen-ji· ~30 km / 18 mi
18Temple 18 — Chūzen-jiJapanTemple 18 of the Bandō 33 Kannon Pilgrimage.Chūzen-ji → Ōya-ji· ~33 km / 20 mi
19Temple 19 — Ōya-jiJapanTemple 19 of the Bandō 33 Kannon Pilgrimage.Ōya-ji → Saimyō-ji· ~31 km / 19 mi
20Temple 20 — Saimyō-jiJapanTemple 20 of the Bandō 33 Kannon Pilgrimage.Saimyō-ji → Nichirin-ji· ~54 km / 34 mi
21Temple 21 — Nichirin-jiJapanTemple 21 of the Bandō 33 Kannon pilgrimage in Ibaraki.Nichirin-ji → Satake-ji· ~49 km / 30 mi
22Temple 22 — Satake-jiJapanTemple 22 of the Bandō 33 Kannon Pilgrimage.Satake-ji → Kanzeon-ji (Shōfuku-ji)· ~27 km / 17 mi
23Temple 23 — Kanzeon-ji (Shōfuku-ji)JapanTemple 23 of the Bandō 33 Kannon Pilgrimage.Kanzeon-ji (Shōfuku-ji) → Rakuhō-ji· ~14 km / 9 mi
24Temple 24 — Rakuhō-jiJapanTemple 24 of the Bandō 33 Kannon Pilgrimage.Rakuhō-ji → Ōmi-dō· ~13 km / 8 mi
25Temple 25 — Ōmi-dōJapanTemple 25 of the Bandō 33 Kannon pilgrimage.Ōmi-dō → Kiyotaki-ji· ~8 km / 5 mi
26Temple 26 — Kiyotaki-jiJapanTemple 26 of the Bandō 33 Kannon Pilgrimage.Kiyotaki-ji → Enpuku-ji· ~77 km / 48 mi
27Temple 27 — Enpuku-jiJapanTemple 27 of the Bandō 33 Kannon Pilgrimage.Enpuku-ji → Ryushō-in· ~47 km / 29 mi
28Temple 28 — Ryushō-inJapanTemple 28 of the Bandō 33 Kannon Pilgrimage.Ryushō-in → Chiba-dera· ~36 km / 22 mi
29Temple 29 — Chiba-deraJapanTemple 29 of the Bandō 33 Kannon pilgrimage in Chiba.Chiba-dera → Kōzō-ji· ~31 km / 19 mi
30Temple 30 — Kōzō-jiJapanTemple 30 of the Bandō 33 Kannon Pilgrimage.Kōzō-ji → Kasamori-ji· ~20 km / 12 mi
31Temple 31 — Kasamori-jiJapanTemple 31 of the Bandō 33 Kannon Pilgrimage.Kasamori-ji → Kiyomizu-dera (Chiba)· ~19 km / 12 mi
32Temple 32 — Kiyomizu-dera (Chiba)JapanTemple 32 of the Bandō 33 Kannon Pilgrimage.Kiyomizu-dera (Chiba) → Nago-ji· ~54 km / 34 mi
33Temple 33 — Nago-jiJapanTemple 33 of Bandō — forested hillside temple in Tateyama, Chiba, and the circuit’s traditional finish.