Settsu 33 Kannon Pilgrimage

     The Kansai area at large has had Saigoku Kannnon Pilgrimage with 33 temples since the 8th century.  Settsu 33 Kannon Pilgrimage was organized in 1980 in the northern part of Osaka Prefecture and the eastern part of Hyogo Prefecture, both of which used to belong to Settsu Province in Ancient and Medieval Japan.