The circuit pilgrimage is made mainly to Buddhist temples of the Pure Land sect, but those of the Shingon sect and the Tendai sect are also included because the pilgrimage is made to sacred grounds related to Honen Shonin.
また、当霊場は浄土宗の寺院を中心にした巡拝であるが、法然上人の御霊跡を巡る霊場であるので真言宗や天台宗の寺院も含まれている。