Mino 33 Kannon Pilgrimage

     Mino 33 Kannon pilgrimage was organized in today's Gifu Prefecture in the middle of the Edo Period.  Some pilgrimages used to have “leaders” to guide pilgrims.  Mino 33 Kannon Pilgrimage’s 3 guides, Kobai-in Eno, Yamamoto Kachu, who was from #18 Mie-ji Temple, and Kamiya Nagaharu coauthored a guidebook in the first half of the 18th century, which was published in 1862.

The pilgrimage stretches for over 200 kilometers between the Kiso and Nagara Rivers.