Ukena

Ukena lies in the mountains of Iyo, where wooded valleys shelter the temple of Daihōji near Kuma. Tradition holds that a monk from Baekje brought an image of the eleven-faced Kannon here and established a hermitage in the early eighth century. The temple became the forty-fourth station on the Shikoku pilgrimage. Its forested setting and image of Kannon made it a place of devotion amid the long journey through the island's interior.