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Qusted from the Shikoku Bilingual Guidebook by Akiko
Takemoto and Steve McCarty
PREFACE
Visiting or living in Shikoku is something
special, for this island has always been the spiritual sanctuary
of the Japanese people. No other place in Japan has been visited
by so many generations of people from all over the country.
They have often spent more than 60 days walking
along the whole circuit of the eighty-eight temples than compose
the longest, oldest and most popular pilgrimage in Japan.
Even those who have arrived here in weariness
of life, in unhappiness or weak health, have usually left the
island with a lighter heart, more enlightened, and in many cases
in improved health.
Though today the island is quite accessible
and traveling around it can be very easy, some of the eighty-eight
temples still remain very hard to reach.
This pilgrimage circling the island is nationally
known as O-Shikoku-san, showing that "Dear old Shikoku Pilgrimage"
is synonymous with this island and provides sanctuary to the soul
of Japan. The scenes along the Shikoku offers -- the Seto Island
Sea, the Uwa-kai Sea, the pacific Ocean, the green mountains that
crown a large part of the island, cosy little towns and middle-sized
cities that fringe the coasts.
Its climate is mild; the seas are bountiful;
the land is fertile. Naturally local people have been content
with their blessed island, even if it has remained underdeveloped since the 8th
century. Until then the northern northern coast
of Shikoku was among the first areas to enjoy civilization in
Japan, as proved by so many archaeological findings.
Remote as it was for many centuries, however,
Shikoku did not stand aloof but observed movements on the Inland
Sea as an artery of Japan' s cultural, political and economic
development. On the other hand, Shikoku' s unique attractions
such as the Shikoku Pilgrimage, Kompira worship and the Dogo Onsen
Hot Spring spa have always drawn a large number of people from
the capitals and other parts of the main island of Honshu and
neighboring Kyushu.
Naturally those visitors brought something
new with them each time, just as refugees and exiles from the
capitals added color to the island' s history. They were welcomed
and sometimes the culture they brought here was carefully preserved
or developed even long after being forgotten in its homeland --
language, festivals, arts and techniques. These cultural assets
now peculiar to Shikoku have added another dimension rewarding
travelers to this island.
A new type of attraction in Shikoku is the
fruit of modern technology that the waves of development have
finally brought here in the 1980' s and 90' s -- the colossal
bridges connecting Shikoku with the main island, pleasure resorts,
theme parks, museums, skyline drives and relatively inexpensive
golf courses. So the charm of Shikoku can rightly be called an
exquisite coexistence of tradition and modernity, nature and art.
Last but not least is a spiritual climate
of Shikoku that has produced people like the father of the Shikoku
Pilgrimage, who is often credited as a father of Japanese culture,
the man who aired the idea of the Seto Ohashi Bridge, and two
young men who turned out to be most instrumental in carrying out
the modernization of Japan, opening Japan' s door to the world
as an independent nation. They were all rare cosmopolitans in
Japanese history. There must have been something inspiring on
this island.
We hope this guidebook will help you enjoy
Shikoku, and Japan herself seen through Shikoku, finding inspiration of your own by traveling around this small but great island. Bon
voyage!
Matsuyama City
Castle, haiku&Hot springs
Matsuyama, the largest city in Shikoku, has dominated this
area since 1595, when Lord Kato arrived here. The castle he began
to build seven seven years later still looms over downtown Matsuyama
as its definitive landmark.
A large stone monument at the left-hand corner of the JR Matsuyama
starion plaza reads as follows:
Come spring as of old
When such revenues of rice
Braced this castle town!
Shiki
This monument char-acterizes the nostal-gic pride of haiku-loving
Matsuyama people, three out of ten of whom are said to be haiku
poets.
Very few Japanese, haiku poets or not, can visit Matsuyama
without remembering Shiki, a preeminent son of Matsuyama, who
made this town what is called the hometown of Haiku(5-7-5 syllable
verse).
Another nationwide attraction of Matsuyama is the fable Dogo
Onsen Hot Spring. The Dogo Onsen Honkan public bathhouse of distinctive
architecrure can be fully experienced inside.
Ishite-ji Temple near Dogo Onsen is one of the most impressive
of the 88 Sacred Places of Shikoku. It is also known for a gripping
supernatural legend deeply imbued with the origin of the Shikoku
Pilgrimage.
It was 150,000 koku.
Matsuyama-jo Casrle
[By Streetcar]
Take the loop line in front of JR Matsuysma and get off at
Okaido, and walk about 5 minutes to the "Ropewsy" Station
or past it to the Shinonome-jinja shrine stone steps.
[By Bus]
10 minutes' bus ride to Shinonome-jinja-mae or "Ropeway"-mae
from JR Matsuyama (Oku-Dogo Onsen Kanko Bus bound for Oku-Dogo).
To the hilltop: 15 minutes' walk up the hillside past Shinonome-jinja
Shrine at the end of the wide stone steps or 3 minutes by ropeway
or chair lift from Ropeway Station.
The three-storied main donjon and a subsidiary donjon fortified
with several turrets and gates form a typical fort castle of the
17th century. The original buildings are gone except Inui-mon
Gate, some walls and ramparts.
Recently the city has completed an extensive project to rebuild
the entire castle. Great care was taken to employ the same techniques
and materials as used in the original construction; not one nail
was used to fit all the wooden parts together.
The main donjon houses a large collection of swords, spears,
armor, documents, works of art and calligraphy, and mementoes
mainly of the lords of the castle -- the Katos, the Gamos and
several generations of the Matsudairas. Open daily. Admission:
260.
Matsuyama, the Hometown of Haiku
The local enthusiasm for composing haiku dates back to 1674
when Lord Matsudaira Sadanao came to govern this province. While
in Edo (Tokyo), Sadanao had proved himself a distinguished haiku
student of Kikaku, one of the foremost disciples of Matsuo Basho
(1644-1694) , the poetic genius who virtually invented the classical
Japanese haiku.
People in Matsuyama took interest in the literary art form
their new lord brought to them and soon made haiku an outlet for
artistic expression in their daily lives. In 1880 Japan' s first
haiku monthly was published in Matsuyama, with Masaoka Shiki'
s maternal grandfather among its editors.
In the 1890' s, Masaoka Shiki (1867-1902) , who had been trying
to bring Japanese literature more up-to-date in Tokyo as a student-turned-newspaporman,
succeeded in originating a new style of haiku by freeing it from
formalism, while fighting a losing battle against tuberculosis.
Before his death at 35, he managed to establish new standards
for waka (5-7-5-7-7 syllable verse) as well.
Soon Matsuyama produced many other poets who carried on Shiki'
s shasei realism as japan' s premier haiku poets throughout
the modern period that followed, including Takahama Kyoshi, Kawahigashi
Hekigodo, Naito Meisetsu, Yanagihara Kyokudo and Ishida Hakyo.
They in turn attracted such a large number of haiku dubbed "
the hometown of haiku."
Literature-loving people will enjoy visiting these places:
Shiki-do House on the ground of Shoshuzen-ji Temple behind
Matsuyama-shi Station is a replica of Shiki' s home -- a small
house of a low-ranking samurai family. Shiki spent his first 16
years there until he set out for Tokyo to study.
The exhibition includes about a dozen paintings he did with
the juice of herbs and flowers his sister picked from the garden
of his house in Tokyo where he was bedridden for the last seven
years of his short life. Open daily. Admission: 50 yen
5 minutew' walk from Matsuyama-shi-eki Station.
Another house associated with Shiki is the Gudabutsu-an behind
Bansuiso Art Museum. At the age of 27 Shiki returned to Matsuyama,
trying to recover from tuberculosis he had contracted five years
before, and he shared a two-storied cottage with Natsume Soseki
rented and named Gudabutsu-an after one of his pen names,
Gudabutsu or Foolish Biddha. Soseki' s portrait is now
ubiquitous on the 1000 yen bill.
6 minutes' walk from Okaido on the streetcar loop line.
There are ' haiku post ' boxes of various shapes and sizes
standing in many public places including Matsuyama-jo Castle.
The forms to write your haiku, name and address, are placed beside
each post.
Here is an example of an English haiku that appeared in "
A Collection of the Best Haiku of the Year" ( the 20th voume)
published by the City in June, 1989:
Dyes of blue and white
Glimmer in the looms so fast
Making summer cloth
Stephen L. John
This alludes to the Iyo-gasurji kimono cloth native
to this prefecture.
Taneda Santoka (1882-1940) , a haiku nonconformist who cast
aside all the rules including the 5-7-5 syllable structure, is
also associated with Matsuyama. Santoka, an ordained Zen priest,
after spending most of his life wandering all over the country
as a begging monk, chose to settle in Matsuyama only to die 10
months later.
The humble cottage where he dwelt -- Isso-an (A Blade of Grass
Hermitage) is preserved north of Ehime University. His books and
documents are also preserved in Shiki Memoreal Museum.
A pop of hail even in my iron bowl! Santoka (Tetsu-bachi
no naka nimo arare) A bowl used by a mendicant priest.
30 minutes' walk from Sekijuji Byoin-mae on the loop line.
Iyo-gasuri kaikan Museum
5 minutes' walk from Kinuyama Station on Iyo-tetsu Takahama
Line.
The museum houses 2,300 items conerning this traditional art
of Iyo-gasuri making -- the indigo-dyeing and weaving peculiar
to this former Iyo Province, designated as a National Folk Art
by the government, and enjoying nationwide fame. It has a workshop
to demonstrate the art and a shop to sell the products, as well.
Admission free. Open daily except December 31 and January 1.
Dogo Onsen
[From JR Matsuyama]
20 minutes by streetcar bound for Dogo Onsen.
[From the castle]
5 minutes by streetcar from the nearest station, Higashi Keisatsusho-mae
bound for Dogo Onsen.
[From Matsuyama Kanko-ko Port]
45 minutes by bus bound for Dogo Onsen.
Dogo Onsen, one of the oldest and best-known hot spring spas
in Japan, was visited by several Emperors and Empresses, noblemen
and noblewomen as early as the 5th century.
From the Dogo Onsen Streercar Terminal, 5 minutes' walk along
the shopping arcade will bring you to an ornate Japanese-style
building, the Dogo Onsen Honkan, the main public bathhouse run
by the city.
There are two baths -- Kami-no-yu and Tama-no-yu. The former
is more popular than the latter. Many local people visit Kami-no-yu
every day, to enjoy meeting people as well as taking a bath.
To the Japanese people in general, hot springs are not only
for healing physical ailments but also for recreation. The alkaline
water containing minerals is supposed to be good for rheumatism,
skin diseases, wounds and so on.
The drum-beating from the small pavilion on top of the main
building is meant as an invitation. The first beating at 6:30
a.m. signals the opening of the house, follwed by a second beating
at noon. The last at 6:00 p.m. is for evening bathers. Open daily:
1st floor - Kami-no-yu (250en) 6:30 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.
2nd floor - Kami-no-yu (620en) 6:30 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.
- Tama-no-yu (980en) 6:30 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.
3rd floor - Tama-no-yu (1240en) 6:30 a.m - 10:00 p.m.
The carved white heron sur-mounthing the pavilion roof is
the symbol of Dogo Onsen.
Legend says that long, long ago a wounded white heron was
seen to bathe here as if it knew the healing effect of the hot
spring.
Both Kami-no-yu and Tama-no-yu are divided into men' s and
women' s baths, and by different ranks of service such as tea
with cake, cotton kimono or private saloon.
The neighborhood of Dogo Onsen has many places of interest.
Isaniwa-jinja Shrine, a gracious vermilion-lacquered building,
built in 1667 by the then Matsudaira lord, is one of the three
best examples of Hachiman-zukuri architecture in Japan.
This neighborhood was the political center of Iyo when the
Iyo Suigun seamen led by the Kono Clan reigned supreme
from the 13th to 16th centuries. Dogo Koen Park was the site of
the Konos' castle destroyed in 1585 when Hideyoshi subjugated
the ramparts still remain.
Shiki Memorial Museum in the same park is a literary museum
dedicated to Masaoka Shiki.
The modern white building houses a large collection of writings,
photographs, videos and documents concernings Shiki. Biographical
sketches are also literary of poets and writers who helped him
with his after his early death.
Ishite - ji Temple
[From Dogo Onsen] 15 minutes' walk southeast along the road
besede the Shiki Memorial Museum.
[From JR Matsuyama] 15 minutes' bus ride to Ishiteji mae Bus
Stop (Iyotetsu Bus or Oku-Dogo Onsen Kanko Bus bound for Oku-Dogo).
Ishite-ji Temple offers many things to see, including the
main gate (a National Treasure), the main hall, the three-storied
pagoda, the belfry, the Gomado hall (all Important Cultural Properties),
and the treasure house.
But to appreciate the temple fully, one must hear the following
story:
Long ago there lived in this neighborhood a man called Emon
Saburo. He was very rich, but all he wanted was to be richer still.
One winter day a wandering monk came to his gate, prayed and
held out his begging bowl to appeal for food. Saburo coldly refused
him. The next day the same priest came again, but Saburo angrily
drove him away. But the priest kept returning. On the 8th day
Saburo went at him with a stick, struck him, dashing his bowl
to the ground.
The priest came no more. But on the next day the eldest of
Saburo' s sons died, and the next day another. Eight days passed,
and every one of his eight chidren was gone, to his grief and
horror.
Saburo then realized how wrong-headed and evil he had been.
What he had to do, he determined, was to go and find that holy
man and beg absolution. Soon he was following the monk' s trail,
asking for alms, begging for food himself every day.
He went around and around Shikoku Island for four years, but
in vain. Having already made 20 rouds, he decided to make one
more round in the reverse derection, instead of trying to catch
up with the monk. His health was failing, but he had to keep searching.
On his way to Shozan-ji deep in the mountains, Saburo fell down,
ready to die.
At that moment, Kobo Daishi, the priest he had been searching
for, appeared before him. The saint, knowing everything, forgve
Saburo, saying his sincere repentance had washed away his sins.
Greatly relieved, the man was anout to close his eyes. Then
Daishi asked if he had a last wish. He of Iyo, his home provence,
to have the power to do great good for his people. Daishi picked
up a small stone, wrore something on it, and pressed the stone
into the dying man' s left hand.
Some time later the wife of the Lord of Iyo gave birth to
a baby boy whose left hand would not open. They tried everything
but they could not open it. At last they called in the called
in the head priest of their family temple Anyo-ji. He chanted
powerful prayers and finally the baby' s hand opened. Inside was
a stone and on it was written "Emon Saburo Reborn."
To memorialize this mysterious event, the name of the themple
was changed to Isite-ji or Stone-Hand Temple. Believers can see
that stone in the temple' s Treasure House.
Emon Saburo, who went around and around Shikoku searching
for Daishi, is considered to be the first to have made the Shikoku
Pilgrimage.
Tobe-yaki Pottery
*To Tobe / Tobe Zoo: About 45 minutes' bus ride from Matsuyama-shi-eki
Station (Iyo-tetsu But bound for Tobe / Tobe Undo Koen)
' Tobe ' is an ancient word meaning ' Whetstone-Producing
Folk ' in the Yamato Period, indicating that this area has long
been known for its whetstone production.
But it was not until 1777 that the stone was utilized in producing
what is now known as Tobe-yaki Pottery. Two years earlier the
9th Lord of Ozu province, anxious to have some local industry
to improve the financial condition of his province, had ordered
Sugino Josuke, one of the local potters, to make porcelain out
of the whetstone chips so abundant in the village of Tobe. Josuke
tried hard but in vain until at last he took the advice of a potter
from northern Kyushu and succeeded in making the first Tobe-yaki.
The world-famous ceramic artists artists who visited the town
in 1953 -- Ryu Soetsu, Bernard Leach and Hamada Shoji -- greatly
contributed to raising the artistic quality of Tobe-yaki. 23 years
later it was finally designated a National Folk Art by the government.
2 minutes' walk from Tobe Bus Stop will bring you to Tobe-yaki
Dento Sangyo-kan, a museum that houses a large variety of Tobe-yaki,
traditional and modern.
Open daily excipt Thursday. Admission: 200en.
The Tobe-yaki-tiled Path leads to several kilns and a hill
that overlooks the town dotted with about 80 kilns. The local
potters are proud that their pieces are all made by hand. The
Tobe-yaki Monument on top of the hill is dedicated to Sugino Josuke
as the father of Tobe-yaki.
Togei Sosaku-ken workshop at the foot of the hill is a must
for those who wish to try their hand at Tobe-yaki. Open daily
except Monday, Thursday and the day after a holiday: 10:00-17:00.
*Tobe Zoo (1.7 km north of Tobe Bus Stop) is the best in Shikoku.
Animals are loose in the garden. Open daily except Monday. 300en.
Mt. Ishizuchi
To Jojusha: [Bus + Ropeway] an hour bus ride from JR Iyo Saijyo
to Nishinokawa Ropeway Mae (No service available from December
through March) + 8 minutes by ropeway to Joju-eki Station.
To Tsuchigoya: a 3 hour bus ride from Matsuyama-shi-eki Station
to Ishizuchi Tsuchigoya (No service available from December through
March)
Mt. Ishizuchi (1982 m) is the highest peak in wastern Japan.
"Ishizuchi" or "Stone-Hammer" comes from the
rocky summit weathered into such a shape. To reach the narrow
summit, one must properly outfit for a 2 or 3 hour climb, including
3 chains up sheer cliffs near the top.
Jojusha Shrine is a branch of Ishizuchi-jinja Main Shrine
0.7 km south of JR Ishizuchi-yama(Yosan Line). Its neighborhood
with observatories and pecnic grounds along the promenade is a
favorite place for holiday-makers.
Tradetionally Mt.Ishizuchi, like many other high mountains
in Japan, has been considered a sacred place -- an abode of the
mountain gods. Ancient Japanese drew no hard line between such
gods and their own ancestors who they thought became protective
spirits watching over them from on high in the mountains.
When Esoteric Buddhism arrived in the 9th century, it reinforced
the older beliefs with more complex lore. Thus high mountains
attracted even more worshippers, providing both Shintoists and
Esoteric Buddhists with sacred places for their mountaineering
asceticism.
Even today during the Mountain Opening season (July 1-10),
ascetics and worshippers, formally dressed in white, pay an annual
visit to the top of the mountain. The three figures in the small
shrine there -- Zao Gongen Bodhisattvas -- are considered to be
their guardians.
Where to stay:Jojuya near Jojusha:(08975) 9-0032. Tamaya Ryokan
30 minutes' walk from Joju-eki Station:(08975) 9-0415.
This mountain was formerly closed to women. So even today
woman are not allowed on July 1st, though allowed from the 2nd
on.
They are usually enshrined at Ishizuchi-jinja Main Shine mentioned
before. On June 30th they are taken up to Jojusha, to be carried
farther up to the summit on July 1st to stay there during the
mountain-climbing season.
Omogakei Ravine
*1 hour and 20 minutes' bus ride from Matsuyama-shi-eki Station
to Omogo.
Omogokei Ravine in the southern valley below Mt. Ishizuchi
is known for its scenic beauty multi-colored rocks, falls, deep
streams, premeval forests and colorful leaves in autumn. A 2 hour
hike between Kammon and Kumabuchi (3 km) is very popular.
Imabari City
*40 minutes' train ride from JR Matsuyama.
*To Imabari Port:25 minutes' walk from JR Imabari.
Imabari, formerly the castle town of Imabari Province with
a fief of 30, 000 koku, is now for towel, textile and shipbuilding
industries.
The present castle tower in Fukiage Koen Park (7 minutes'
walk from the port) is of modern construction, housing a large
collection of swords and armor.
The Kono Art Museum (10 minutes' walk from JR Imabari on the
way to the port) is recommended to those who are interested in
Japanese art and literature traditional and modern.
The Ehime Bunka-Kan Museum, next to the castle, is also worth
visiting for those interested in ceramics, as it exhibits a small
but excellent collection of ancient pottery from China, Korea
and Japan.
Oyamazumi-jinja Shrine
-on Omishima Island-
Visiting Oyamazumi-jinja on Omishima Island and Kosanji Temple
on neighboring Ikuchishima Island on the same day affords contrasting
visions of a venerable Shinto shrine and an ornate Buddhist temple.
[From Imabari] 40 minutes by speedboat to Miyaura Port on
Omishima Island.
[From Matsuyama] 50 minutes by hydrofoil from Matsuyama Kamko-Ko
Port to Miyaura Port on Omishima Island.
* 20 minutes' walk along the village street to the shrine.
[From Setoda Port on Ikuchishima Island] 10 minutes by ferry
to Inokuchi Port on Omishima Island when visiting Kosan-ji first.
* 10 minutes' bus ride to shrine.
Oyamazami-jinja, a time-honored shrine, is surrounded by giant
camphor trees, some of which are well over 2, 500 years old. Origenally
it belonged to the Ochi and Kono families, powerful local clans,
and by the 10th century it had become the principal shrine of
Iyo.
The main deity enshrined -- Oyamazumi-no kami -- was a god
of seas and mountains born from Izanagi and Izanami, the mythological
creators of Japan. By and by, Oyamazumi began to be considered
the patron god of the whole body of Japanese islands, as the tall
stone slab beside the torii entrance gate declares.
Thus the shrine attracted such worshippers as Emperors, lords
and warriors from Honshu, Kyushu and Shikoku. Those who had had
their prayers answered gladly revisited the shrine and presented
fine offerings to the god to express their thanks.
Most of the over 1, 000 objects in the shrine museums were
dedicated by those grateful worshippers fo Oyamazumi-no-kami.
Its collection of Japanese arms and armor housed in the Museum
is the best of its kind in Japan, including 8 National Treasures
and 462 Important Cultural Properties.
A suit of armor (a National Treasure) was dedicated by Minamoto
no Yoshitsune, and another (a National Treasure) was from Kono
Michinobu.
* The adjacent Maritime Museum contains mementoes and documents
of local suigun navies, and books and collections presen
by Emperor Showa (1901-89) as a biologist.
Both museums are open daily.
The admission fee (800en) applies to both of them.
Tsuru-hime
One of the most distinctive armor displayed in the Museum
is a girl' s armor worn by Tsuru-hime (a National Treasure)
In 1543 another battle was being fought between the Ouchi
Clan from Bofu (Yamaguchi Pref.) across the Inland Sea and the
local Mishima Suigunn navy. Tsuruhime, an 18-year-old girl,
a younger sister of the captain of the navy, made herself captain
when her brother was killed in battle.
The brave girl in armor ably directed her men and succeeded
in driving the invaders away. But when she found that Yasunari,
her sweetheart, had also been killed in the last battle they fought,
the poor girl had no idea but to follow him. That night she rowed
her boat out to sea, never to return.
Kosan-ji Temple
-on Ikuchishima Island -
[From Imabari]
40 minutes by speedboat to Setoda Port.
[From Miyaura Port on Omishima Island]
30 minutes by ferry to Setoda Port.
* 15 minutes' walk along the village street to the temple.
Kosan-ji temple is not only a place of worship but a museum
with a large and varied collection of Chinese and Japanese art
and about 20 reproductions of Japan' s most beautiful buildings
from the classical and medieval eras:
Sammon Entrance Gate is a modern version of the Gate to the
Shishin-den Hall of the former Imperial Palace in Kyoto.
Nakamon Gate is a two-storied gate of the same design as Horyu-ji
Temple in Nara built in the Asuka Period (552-645). The wing called
Rakando Hall houses 500 images of the Buddha' s desciples.
Reihai-do resembles the West Gate of Kiyonizu-dera Temple
in Kyoto built in the Momoyama Period (1580-1598).
Drum and Bell Towers are precise reproductions of the belfry of Shin -
Yakushi - ji Temple in Nara built in the Kamakura Period (1185 - 1333).
The Five - Storied Pagoda was modeled after the one in Muroo - ji
Temple in Nara built early in the Heian Period (794 - 1185).
Hohozo and Zohozo Museums are of the same design as the Main Hall of
Shitenno - ji Temple in Osaka rebuiot in the middle of the Edo Period (1603 -
1867).
Koyo - no - mon - Gate was inspired by the Yomei - mon Gate at the
Nikko Toshi - gu Shrine completed in 1646 in Nikko north of Tokyo; thus Kosan -
ji Temple is often called Nishi -Nikko or West Nikko.
Shigaraki - den and Shishin - den Halls were modeled after the Amida -
do of Hino Hokai - ji Temple in Kyoto built in the late 12th century. The former
is used for Buddhist services and ceremonies; the latter houses works of eminent
artists and sculptors in the Modern Period (1867 - present).
The Main Hall is a reproduction of the Phoenix Hall at Byodo - in
Temple built in 1052 in Uji, Kyoto. It enshrines an image an image of Anida
Buddha, with a
Kazuko
Iwai