Arima County 33 Kannon Pilgrimage

 

     Arima County 33 Kannon Pilgrimage is said to have been organized sometime between 1688 and 1704.  It isn’t clear who organized the pilgrimage.  In those days, the county was divided among the Tokugawa Shogunate, Tayasu-Tokugawa Family, Kuki Family, Anbe Family, the Hoshina Family, and the Aoyama Family.  So, it can not be a certain domain or its lord that organized the pilgrimage.  In those days, the townspeople's culture flourished around Osaka and Kyoto.  So, it could have been townspeople who organized the pilgrimage.

     The pilgrimage was revived in 1912 and in 2007.  It seems some temples were replaced in each revival.  The details of the replacements aren’t clear.

    In 1912, the photo book of Arima County 33 Kannon Pilgrimage was published in collaboration with Takeda Mitsuyuki of Kaburai-ji Temple; Okamoto Zentaro, a parishioner of Komyo-ji Temple; Yamada Yoshitsugu, the representative of Komyo-ji Temple; and Horikawa Tatsumichi, Komyo-ji Temple's chief priest.

     In 2007, Shigeo Kotani, Toshihiro Noda, and Katsumi Tanaka, who were  Keian-ji Temple’s parishioners, published the guide book of Arima County 33 Kannon Pilgrimage.

Kaburai-ji Temple

Address: Ikuno-1078-1 Dojocho, Kita Ward, Kobe, Hyogo 651-1503

Phone: 078-986-4095

Komyo-ji Temple

Address: 3 Chome-13-21 Yamaguchicho Shimoyamaguchi, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 651-1412

Phone: 078-904-1331

Keian-ji Temple

Address: 1192 Kishi, Sanda, Hyogo 669-1541

Phone: 079-563-4748