@wanderfulrevolution: **Temple 65 — Sankaku-ji** Sankaku-ji sits near the Ehime-Kagawa border region, and its name — meaning "Triangle Temple" — refers to the distinctive three-cornered shape of its main hall's foundation, an architectural detail unlike anything else described so far on the route, most temples following more conventional rectangular hall designs. The temple is dedicated to Jizō Bosatsu, tying back to the protective themes seen at earlier Jizō temples like Temple 5 and Tatsue-ji. The unusual foundation shape gives Sankaku-ji a small but genuine architectural distinction within the pilgrimage, the kind of physical detail that stands out precisely because it departs from the route's more common patterns. Legends attached to the triangular design vary, some tying it to esoteric Buddhist geometric symbolism, others to more practical concerns about the original building site's shape. Approaching the border region between Ehime and Kagawa, there's a sense of the pilgrimage entering its final stretch — the fourth and last stage of the route, the "dōjō of nirvana," waits just ahead in Kagawa Prefecture, giving this last run of Ehime temples a subtle anticipatory quality, the finish line still distant but no longer abstract. From Sankaku-ji, the route continues toward Temple 66, Unpen-ji, perched high on a mountain straddling the Ehime-Kagawa border itself. #japan #88templepilgrimage #shikoku #longdistance #walking

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