Saijo 33 Kannon Pilgrimage

Saijo 33 Kannon Pilgrimage was organized in1923. Around Saijo, Iyo Province, there used to be 10 temples which belonged to the Omuro School of the Shingon Sect of Buddhism. They had a meeting one day, and decided to organize a copy of Saigoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage there. They recruited their branch temples and even the priests’ hermitages to make it 33.