Matsue 33 Kannon Pilgrimage

   It is unknown that when Matsue 33 Kannon Pilgrimage was organized, but the pilgrimage used to be called Shimane 33 Kannon Pilgrimage in the Edo Period.  There used to be Shimane County where Matsue City is today.  The name Shimane became the prefecture name, and the pilgrimage changed its name to avoid the misunderstanding that the pilgrimage might spread across the prefecture.