88 Temples, 750 Miles, Untold Gifts: Japan’s Shikoku Pilgrimage
about 15 months ago (07/12/2023)
88 Temples, 750 Miles, Untold Gifts: Japan’s Shikoku Pilgrimage - The New York Times Travel | 88 Temples, 750 Miles, Untold Gifts: Japan’s Shikoku Pilgrimage https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/23/travel/shikoku-pilgrimage-japan.html Give this article Share full article 225 Credit... Supported by SKIP ADVERTISEMENT Give this article Share full article 225 Photographs and Text by Marta Giaccone June 23, 2023 Three weeks into my trek, as I ascended a steep path toward Yokomine-ji, the 60th of 88 temples along the Shikoku pilgrimage, I found myself enveloped by an unforgiving fog. In an instant, the colorful forest around me — mostly red cedar trees and fern bushes — faded, leaving me in a world of muted gray.