{"id":713,"date":"2026-05-17T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ohenro-gift.com\/en\/?p=713"},"modified":"2026-04-24T03:46:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T07:46:19","slug":"seizen-yume","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ohenro-gift.com\/en\/seizen-yume\/","title":{"rendered":"“He Always Wanted to Walk Shikoku”: Fulfilling a Deceased Loved One’s Ohenro Dream Through Proxy Pilgrimage"},"content":{"rendered":"

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While my father was still alive, he used to say, “I want to walk Ohenro at least once.” I never managed to take him, and then he was gone. Honoring that wish now through a proxy walk \u2014 wouldn’t that be treating his feelings too lightly? And does it really “count” as fulfilling the dream<\/span> if someone else walks it for him?<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The fact that you still carry those words \u2014 that alone says how seriously you hold him. Hesitation like this isn’t a sign of doing something wrong; it’s a sign of how much it matters. A loved one’s dream can still be delivered, even now, through proxy pilgrimage<\/span>. There’s a thousand-year-old form of pilgrimage built around exactly this \u2014 carrying on someone’s wish!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

“I want to walk Ohenro someday.” Those words, said in passing by someone you loved.<\/p>\n

You meant to take them while they were still strong enough. Work, caregiving, the daily grind \u2014 the window kept getting pushed. And at some point, quietly, it closed for good.<\/p>\n

“I should have moved when I had the chance”<\/span> \u2014 that low, steady regret sits with more families than people realize.<\/p>\n

But here’s the thing: a loved one’s dream doesn’t have to end with “we ran out of time.” There’s a way to carry it forward \u2014 someone walking the 88 temples of Shikoku on their behalf. It’s called daisan<\/span>, proxy pilgrimage.<\/p>\n

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