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Signage for pilgrims on the Shikoku Henro Brester Irina - Shutterstock
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The pilgrimage to Temple 88 in Shikoku Masayoshi Hirose - Shutterstock
Discover one of Japan’s oldest pilgrimage routes, inviting you to walk in silence, unhurriedly, in search of inner meaning
Japanese vegetable tempura prepared with ginger ponzu sauce Lizzy Komen - Shutterstock
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Buddhist zen monks are going to Ceremony in a temple in Kyoto, Japan Serkant Hekimci - Shutterstock
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Pilgrimages in Shinto thus seek to bring pilgrims in contact with nature, with the divine forces dwelling in it, and with their own selves
The pilgrimage on the Kumano Kodo includes many discoveries. Among them, food.
Kumano Kodo is the most popular Japanese pilgrimage path, and has been walked by people of all social backgrounds, ages and ways of life.
Within the shrine grounds, there is also an ancient tree more than 800 years old that is considered equally sacred