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Japan’s UNBELIEVABLE DOG Pilgrimages | Japan Station 131

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Posted on July 21, 2024
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On this episode of Japan Station, we talk about how dogs in Japan used to go on religious pilgrimages (maybe?).

👉Topics Discussed

  • About religious pilgrimages in Japan
  • About the 88 temple pilgrimage in Shikoku
  • About Konpira/Kotohira
  • About Konpira inu
  • About the supposed history of dogs going on pilgrimages to Konpira Shrine in Kagawa Prefecture
  • About the story of Shiro the dog from Fukushima who supposedly traveled to Ise Shrine and back
  • About Ise Jingu
  • About the Ise Pilgrimage
  • How likely it is that dogs in Japan actually went on religious pilgrimages
  • About okage inu
  • About the statue of Shiro the dog in Junenji Temple in Sukakawa City, Fukushima Prefecture(福島県須賀川市池上町・十念寺)
  • About Shiro’s owner Ishihara Sadaemon Tsunashige (市原貞右衛門綱稠)
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  • And more!

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