On this episode of Japan Station, we talk about how dogs in Japan used to go on religious pilgrimages (maybe?).

👉Topics Discussed

About religious pilgrimages in Japan
About the 88 temple pilgrimage in Shikoku
About Konpira/Kotohira
About Konpira inu
About the supposed history of dogs going on pilgrimages to Konpira Shrine in Kagawa Prefecture
About the story of Shiro the dog from Fukushima who supposedly traveled to Ise Shrine and back
About Ise Jingu
About the Ise Pilgrimage
How likely it is that dogs in Japan actually went on religious pilgrimages
About okage inu
About the statue of Shiro the dog in Junenji Temple in Sukakawa City, Fukushima Prefecture(福島県須賀川市池上町・十念寺)
About Shiro's owner Ishihara Sadaemon Tsunashige (市原貞右衛門綱稠)
And more!

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Check out the article below to see photos of the statue of Shiro the dog pilgrim in Junenji Temple in Fukushima Prefecture
- 江戸時代の代参犬「おかげ犬」シロを訪ねて。

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