In April 2010 I undertook the Shikoku Pilgrimage, a centuries-old Buddhist Pilgrimage route on the island of Shikoku, south of the Japanese mainland. The journey took me three weeks by bicycle during which I visited all 88 temples and covered over 1000 miles (1600km). But those statistics don’t even begin to do it justice. This daily travelogue will give the reader – whether a potential pilgrim or simply a curious passer-by – a taste of what to expect on the journey.

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