Shikoku Pilgrimage
The city is the birthplace of the Buddhist monk Kūkai, also known as Kōbō Daishi. Zentsūji Temple, established 813 on the site of his birth, is the 75th temple on the 88-temple Shikoku Pilgrimage. It is also one of three temples on the circuit that Kūkai visited, the others being Tairyūji and Muroto Misaki, as Kūkai mentioned them by name in his writings.