Hida 33 Kannon Pilgrimage

     Hida 33 Kannon Pilgrimage has the 250-kilometer-long pilgrimage road at the foot of the Japan Alps.  The pilgrimage road ties the 33 holy precincts that enshrine Kannon statues.  It is not known when the pilgrimage was organized or started.  Enku (1632-1695), a famous Buddhist monk who traveled across Japan and who carved pieces of wood into as many as 120 thousand Buddhism statues, traveled across Hida Province and left hundreds of wood statues there.