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)
- And more!
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👉Links, Videos, Etc.
- Check out the article below to see photos of the statue of Shiro the dog pilgrim in Junenji Temple in Fukushima Prefecture
