Japan 100 Kannon Pilgrimage

The Japan 100 Kannon (日本百観音) is a pilgrimage circuit that is composed of the following three independent pilgrimage circuits:


 * Saigoku 33 Kannon (西国三十三所), in the Kansai region.
 * Bandō 33 Kannon (坂東三十三箇所), in the Kantō region.
 * Chichibu 34 Kannon (秩父三十四箇所), in Chichibu, Saitama.

The Chichibu 34 Kannon pilgrimage originally had 33 temples, but in 1525 another one was added in order have a hundred temples when joined to the circuits of the Saigoku and Bandō pilgrimages.