{Shikoku Hachijūhachikasho Meguri}

--MAPS OF THE PILGRIMAGE--

Simple map of the island with temple numbers for the main 88 temples.

A clickable version of the map at the top. Click in one of the squares to zoom into that area.
Non-Japanese Poster/Map
The Shikoku Tourism Promotion Association is making available a wall poster-size one page map of the henro trail. It is being published in English, Chinese, Taiwanese, and Korean. 30,000 copies will be published in English and 20,000 in each of the Asian languages. Released in July '07, it is available in Japan obviously, and is being distributed worldwide through JNTO (Japanese National Tourist Organization). To get a copy:

1) Send an email request to info@shikoku.gr.jp.

2) The subject of the email should be: Pilgrimage to the 88 Sacred Places Guide Map Request.

3) The body of the email should be: I would like a copy of the __(which language)___ Shikoku Pilgrimage Guide Map. Please send to: ___(name and address)___.

The Shikoku Tourism Promotion Association will pay the overseas postage to mail them out for a limited number of maps.

The poster is about 1m x 1m in size (3' x 3') with the map on one side. On the other side there is a lot of general information crammed into every square centimeter, with topics such as:

While it is a good general overview of the henro trail, it does not provide the detail that is provided in the Shikoku Henro: Hitori Aruki Dōgyō Ninin guidebooks that we have all used so far - and which i still highly recommend using.
Google Maps
7/1/07 Note: This project is on hold for a little while. Someone recently offered to do it for me and i have accepted the offer. My understanding is that he will do more than what i was intending with this so we will all benefit by waiting. I think he'll start in mid-July.

I'm in the process of adding the henro trail to Google Maps. I started on April 5th, but since i'll be on Shikoku for the last three weeks of April, i won't be able to work on it much until May. The map is called Shikoku Henro Trail and is located here.

I'l add to this legend as i add more landmarks, but for now, the legend will be:
Other Maps
Here are a couple of early Showa Period maps of the pilgrimage. The text is in Japanese, but they should still be of interest as maps. These are located on the Waseda University web site, a link to which can be found on the Other Web Sites page.