三さん十じゅう三さん所しょ

noun

thirty-three temples sacred to Kannon

Refers to a set of thirty-three temples dedicated to Kannon (Avalokiteśvara), most famously the Saigoku (Western) pilgrimage route. Often used in the full phrase 西国三十三所.

See also: 西国三十三所

• 西さい国ごく三さん十じゅう三さん所しょを巡じゅん礼れいする。

  I make a pilgrimage to the thirty-three temples of the Saigoku Kannon route.