TOKUSHIMA—David Moreton has for years served as a messenger of the cultural appeal of a Buddhist pilgrimage of 88 temples across the island of Shikoku. A historian from Canada, Moreton has ...

The route, known as the Shikoku Henro, includes 88 temples where Kukai -- the founder of Japan's Shingon school of Buddhism, posthumously known as Kobo Daishi -- is believed to have trained during ...

Divided into the four prefectures of Kagawa, Ehime, Tokushima and Kochi, Shikoku can be reached by air, train, bus or ferry from Japan's major cities. With its 88 temples and sacred sites ...