Walking With Kukai Patrick van Boeckel

In 805 CE, Kukai, a Japanese monk and scholar, had a dream that took him to China where he received initiation. He returned to Japan to found the Shingon (True Word) school of Buddhism. A centuries-old 1100-kilometer path through 88 temples on Shikoku Island is traversed to this day by over a hundred thousand pilgrims yearly, who follow in Kukai’s footsteps. This intimate and touching short film casually joins some of them on this journey.