Inaba 33 Kannon Pilgrimage β

     The Japanese society is aging with a low birthrate.  As a consequence, its population is shrinking.  Some figuratively say that the population equivalent to that of Tottori Prefecture, the least populated prefecture, is disappearing.  However little populated and small it may be, the prefecture consists of 2 Ancient/Medieval provinces: Inaba and Hoki.  The smaller Eastern part of the prefecture used to be Inaba Province.

     Inaba 33 Kannon Pilgrimage β is supposed to have been organized at the beginning of the 17th century, and its pilgrimage route was specified in 1858.