immortal wishes:
labor and transcendence
on a Japanese sacred mountain

Ellen Schattschneider

Duke University Press (2003)

Teaching Resources

Akakura Mountain Shrine Rituals


Tsugaru 33 Kannonsama Pilgrimage

Each June, worshippers from Akakura Mountain Shrine undertake a pilgrimage to the 33 major Kannonsama sites of the Tsugaru region.

The pilgrimage begins at Kudoji temple, to the south of Hirosaki.

 

PREVIOUS CEREMONY:

Mountain Opening

(May 1)

See: List of the 33 sacred Kannon sites of the Tsugaru region

NEXT CEREMONY:

Pilgrimage to Mount Taihei (Taiheizan)

(June)

 



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