Departing from Yasoba Station (Near the Station)

01 　Yasoba Station

• Have a great trip!

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02 　Shiramine Shrine

• A shrine dedicated to Emperor Sutoku, also known as Akari no Miya.
  It is said that after Emperor Sutoku passed away, his body was immersed in the clear water of Yasoba, and a divine light shone. As a result, it was built under the order of Emperor Nijo.
  Tenno-ji Koshoin Temple is located on the same grounds.

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• Shikoku Pilgrimage 79th Temple: Tenno-ji

  Shikoku Pilgrimage 79th Temple: Koshoin Tenno-ji
  Sutoku Tenno Shrine was built to pray for Emperor Sutoku’s happiness in the afterlife, and it came to be called “Tenno-ji” because of its connection to the emperor.
  Currently, it is visited by many pilgrims as the 79th temple of the Shikoku Pilgrimage.
  Adjacent to Shiramine Shrine, which enshrines Emperor Sutoku, it was originally the shrine temple of Shiramine Shrine. Its main deity is the Eleven-Faced Kannon Bodhisattva, and it is also called “Tenno-ji Koshoin.”

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03 　Ejibo no Saka (Guard's Slope)

• It is named after the slope of about 150 meters that descends from the entrance of Tenno-ji towards the sea to the north.
  Local legend says that this slope was used by the guards (eji) who monitored Emperor Sutoku’s confinement, traveling for several years from the provincial office to the place of confinement at “Sutoku Tenno Shrine.” It is also said that there was a guard post (bo) near where Tenno-ji is now located.

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04 　Sacred Spring of Yasoba

• The cold spring that flows from the foot of Kanayama is also called Nozawai and is said to be a sacred spring that never dries up even in severe droughts. There is a legend that when King Sarure defeated the evil fish that was ravaging the Seto Inland Sea, 88 soldiers who had fallen to the fish’s poison were revived by this water, hence it came to be called “The Water of Eighty-Eight.”
  In another legend related to Emperor Sutoku, it is said that after his death, while waiting for instructions from the capital on how to handle his remains, the emperor’s body was immersed in the sacred spring of Yasoba.

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05 　Yasoba Station (Final Stop)