Stone gate marking the entrance to Kotohira |
Historic Takadōrō lantern tower |
Kotoden Kotohira Station |
View down the Kanakura-gawa |
Saya-bashi wooden bridge |
Main approach to Kompira-san |
Sake barrels on Kotohira's main tourist street |
Hawker outside a well-known local udon shop |
Kanamaru-za |
Paper lantern with crane image in the theater |
Interior of the Kanamaru-za |
Ō-mon gate at the start of the ascent to Kompira-san |
Great torii on the main path to Kompira-san |
Stone lanterns along the path, Kompira-san |
Bronze torii by the Hōmotsu-kan (Treasury) |
Kompira-san's Sho-in (Reception Hall) |
Stone lantern and markers along the steps up |
Lesser shrine along the ascent, Kompira-san |
Younger couple climbing the steps past a smaller shrine |
Asahino Yashiro (Shrine of the Rising Sun) |
Beneath the roof of the Asahino Yashiro |
The final set of steps up to the main hall |
View over the hazy central plains of Kagawa-ken |
Central Kotohira viewed from the main shrine |
Gohon-sha, the main hall of Kompira-san |
Long corridor linking the hall and Ema-dō |
Maritime votive plaques in the Ema-dō |
Votive plaque with ship image, Kompira-san |
Vermilion shrine on the path up to the Oku-sha |
Entrance to the Oku-sha - Kompira-san's peak |
View out from the top of Kompira-san |
The small Oku-sha under restoration |
Shikoku pilgrim asking for alms |
Kompira-udon lunch set |
JR Kotohira Station |
Elementary school kids on an outing, Zentsū-ji |
Entrance to Zentsū-ji |
Pathway into Zentsū-ji |
Five-tiered pagoda at Zentsū-ji |
Outer main hall, Zentsū-ji |
Belltower, Zentsū-ji |
Assembly of arhats at Zentsū-ji |
Niō guardian at Zentsū-ji |
Statue of Kōbō Daishi and monk trio |
Main hall at Zentsū-ji |
Ema (votive plaque) with image of Kōbō Daishi |
Auxiliary hall, Zentsū-ji |
Ancient camphor tree at Zentsū-ji |