{"id":22695,"date":"2025-04-18T22:42:07","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T13:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/?post_type=travelpost&#038;p=22695"},"modified":"2025-04-21T13:28:44","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T04:28:44","slug":"%e7%a7%8b%e7%a9%8288%e3%81%8b%e6%89%80%e9%9c%8a%e5%a0%b4%e3%81%8a%e5%a4%a7%e5%b8%ab%e5%8f%82%e3%82%8a","status":"publish","type":"travelpost","link":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/travelpost\/22695\/","title":{"rendered":"Aio 88 Sacred Sites Pilgrimage \u2013 Odaishi Pilgrimage"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" data-id=\"27231\" src=\"https:\/\/oss.allway-japan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oss.allway-japan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/oss.allway-japan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/oss.allway-japan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20-1-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/oss.allway-japan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20-1-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"230\" height=\"230\" data-id=\"22697\" src=\"https:\/\/oss.allway-japan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bb_aiojyunrei_002.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22697\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oss.allway-japan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bb_aiojyunrei_002.jpg 230w, https:\/\/oss.allway-japan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bb_aiojyunrei_002-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/oss.allway-japan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bb_aiojyunrei_002-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">This sacred pilgrimage route was established in 1783 (Tenmei 3) by Sh\u014dkai H\u014din, the head priest of Henmy\u014d-in Temple. It stretches over 48 kilometers through the Aio area of Yamaguchi City.<br>The origins of the sacred sites trace back to when Sh\u014dkai H\u014din, at the age of 42, was inspired to bring the spirit of the 88 sacred sites of Shikoku to the village of Aio in order to guide all beings to salvation. He set off on a pilgrimage to Shikoku, where he received sacred talismans and soil from each temple. Upon returning, he selected 88 locations in Aio, scattered the sacred soil in each place, built small halls, and enshrined the talismans of the principal deities.<br>The Aio 88 Sacred Sites pilgrimage begins at Daishi-ji Temple, located within the grounds of Sho-Hachiman Shrine. Completing the entire route takes approximately two days.<br>March 20th and 21st on the lunar calendar, the anniversary of K\u014db\u014d Daishi\u2019s passing, are known as \u201cOdaishi-sama Day.\u201d On these days, many pilgrims can be seen visiting not only from within the prefecture but also from neighboring regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"975\" src=\"https:\/\/oss.allway-japan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/aio_2017ura.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22696\" style=\"width:1104px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oss.allway-japan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/aio_2017ura.png 700w, https:\/\/oss.allway-japan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/aio_2017ura-215x300.png 215w, https:\/\/oss.allway-japan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/aio_2017ura-9x12.png 9w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yamaguchi-city.jp\/details\/pdf\/aio_2017ura.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Guide Map PDF Download<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:8px;margin-bottom:8px\">Copyright Yamaguchi Tourism Convention Association All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:8px;margin-bottom:8px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/travelpost\/22003\/\">Return to Yamaguchi City Home&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1783, Tenmei 3 (1783), a sacred place opened by the sex sea seal, who was the priest of Henmei-in Temple.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":27230,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false},"categories":[78],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22695","travelpost","type-travelpost","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article"],"blocksy_meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/travelpost\/22695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/travelpost"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/travelpost"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/42"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/travelpost\/22695\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.allway-japan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}