Shikoku Pilgrimage: Fujii-dera to Shosan-ji

Trail description

This is the Shosan-ji pilgrim path from temple 11, Fujii-dera, to temple 12, Shosan-ji, known as the hardest climb of the Shikoku pilgrimage. It crosses the mountains on foot past the Nagatoan, Ryusuian and Jorenan hermitages and the hamlet of Sochi to Shosan-ji at about 700 m, a walk of six to eight hours. Parts of the old path are a national historic site.

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