Ryozen-ji Temple, the first stop on the Shikoku Pilgrimage, marks the beginning of the 1,200-kilometer spiritual journey encompassing 88 temples. Located in Tokushima Prefecture, it features a ...

A certified spiritual guide explains the appeal of Japan’s ancient 750-mile, 88-temple pilgrimage as an immersive cultural experience and a popular spiritual journey. Fujio Mukaihara was on a business ...

Over the past few years, a different aspect of Japanese culture is gaining in popularity overseas: the Shikoku pilgrimage, in which pilgrims cover a distance of as much as 1,400 kilometers and visit ...

I'm walking – no, staggering – along a narrow country road in rural Shikoku. The temperature on my phone reads 45C and the air is so thick with humidity in the midday sun that it's hard to breathe.

A veteran of the well-trodden Camino de Santiago (The Way of the Stars) pilgrimage route, Canadian journalist Sibley explores the spirit of religious journey on a two-month trek around Japan's Shikoku ...

Tokushima – Shikoku, with its lushly forested mountains and dramatic coastline, has long been ignored by most foreign tourists. No bullet trains connect the southern island to Japan’s larger cities, ...