These are the records of my trips around Shikoku. I walked the entire pilgrimage in one go during the Spring of 1999, including the 88 main temples and the 20 bangai temples. I walked the henro trail a second time beginning in 2005, but decided to walk through one prefecture per year over four years. I visited all of the temples in Tokushima Prefecture in Spring 2005, stopping at Bangai Temple 4. In Spring 2006 i restarted at Bangai Temple 4 and continued through Kōchi Prefecture to Temple 39. In 2007 i walked through Ehime Prefecture, stopping at Temple 65. I closed the circle by starting again at Temple 65 in the spring of 2008, walking through Temple 88 and Bangai 20, and then returning to Temple 1.

My Trip in 1999 My Trip in 2005 My Trip in 2006 My Trip in 2007 My Trip in 2008 Photo Album

Until i go back to Shikoku, i'll continue any writings about the henro trail on my blog, Essentially Nothing,
which i write under my Chinese name, Lao Bendan.