Location
Temple 8 of Saigoku — hill temple of Eleven-Faced Kannon above the ancient Yamato plain.
One of Japan’s great Kannon centers; long associated with imperial and aristocratic pilgrimage.
Pilgrimage circuits that include this place.
Pure Land
Japan’s oldest major Buddhist circuit — 33 temples of Kannon across Kansai, older than the Shikoku henro.
East Asia
Pure Land
The full national Kannon pilgrimage — Saigoku 33 + Bandō 33 + Chichibu 34, traditionally completed as one lifelong vow.
East Asia
