Shikoku - The Temples

Chasing 88 temples all around Shikoku was bound to bring some wonderful sights and experiences. When I first heard about this trip, I was worried about becoming bored with the temples. Surely when you’ve seen twenty of them, they would all start to look the same?

Thankfully I never experienced this. Some temples were on top of tall mountains, others next to the sea, some were downtown in a busy street, others in the middle of rice fields, some were made of wood, others of concrete. They were all special in their own way. Just as each of them has their own history and stories, I have my own little story at each of them too. There was the temple with the cat and lizard fighting, the towel guy, the Popeye slippers, the steps, the cave, the bell stone; the list goes on and on.

As silly as it may sound, the temples weren’t the focus of the trip. It was our journey between them, the people we met, and what we learned on the way. The temples were a guide and simply gave us a path, but what a great path it was.