Dumped by a Man and then to Shikoku? Ohenro, walking Zen
Director Jiyoung Kim
Countries
Duration 73 min
Synopsis
Island Shikoku in Japan has been called ‘the closest place to death’. The Ohenro trip is a Buddhist pilgrimage to 88 temples all around Shikoku. Along the 1,400km’s road, an Ohenro just walks, 30 km a day, with about a 20kg bag. They don’t worry about falling down on the road in Shikoku. Their white cloth would be their shroud and their stick would be their tombstone. Why is it called walking zen? What makes them choose such a hardship? The answer would be found between death, and life.
Island Shikoku in Japan has been called ‘the closest place to death’. The Ohenro trip is a Buddhist pilgrimage to 88 temples all around Shikoku. Along the 1,400km’s road, an Ohenro just walks, 30 km a day, with about a 20kg bag. They don’t worry about falling down on the road in Shikoku. Their white cloth would be their shroud and their stick would be their tombstone. Why is it called walking zen? What makes them choose such a hardship? The answer would be found between death, and life.