Awa Chichibu 34 Kannon Pilgrimage

Awa Chichibu 34 Kannon Pilgrimage is, as tis middle name shows, the copy of Chichibu 34 Kannon Pilgrimage, which organized 34 Kannon temples, not usual 33 Kannon temples, to make it 100 together with Bando 33 Kannon Pilgrimage and Musashi 33 Kannon Pilgrimage.  Awa Chichibu 34 Kannon Pilgrimage seems to have organized 34 Kannon Temples to make it 100 together with Eastern Awa 33 Kannon Pilgrimage and Awa Bando 33 Kannon Pilgrimage, not with Western Awa 33 Kannon Pilgrimage.  Why?  Could there be any geopolitical reasons?

Chichibu 34 Kannon Pilgrimage inclines tower a mountain religion, and its 34 Kannon temples are located in the hills. As Awa Chichibu 34 Kannon Pilgrimage is also in the mountainous area, that might have been the reason they copied Chichibu 34 Kannon Pilgrimage.

     Anyway, the Awa people must have loved Kannon pilgrimages.  No wonder, it was Yamamoto Raku (1845-1927), who was born, grew up, and worked in Awa Province, that newly organized the 33 Kannon pilgrimage all across Hokkaido in 1913, after she retired from her successful business.