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

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

See also※

• Shikoku Pilgrimage, 88 Temple pilgrimage in the Shikoku island.
• Musashino Kannon Pilgrimage, pilgrimage in Tokyo and Saitama prefectures.
• Chūgoku 33 Kannon, pilgrimage in the Chūgoku region.
• Kannon
• For an explanation of terms concerning Japanese Buddhism, "Japanese Buddhist art." And Japanese Buddhist temple architecture, see the Glossary of Japanese Buddhism.

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