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Sacred Koyasan: A Pilgrimage to the Mountain Temple of Saint Kobo Daishi and the Great Sun Buddha (Japanese Journal of Religious Studies)

The eighty-eight temples: pilgrimages were among the earliest forms of historical travelling, and they remain popular in many parts of the world. Alex Koller tries Japan's most famous Buddhist pilgrimage.(ANOTHER COUNTRY) (History Today)

On being a pilgrim: the centuries-old pilgrimage to the 88 temples of Shikoku entails for walkers a punishing 1,200-kilometer circuit of the Shikoku coastline. Tony McNiCol completed the pilgrimage earlier this year ... (Culture Feature). (Look Japan)

The inkblot test: continuing their walk across Japan, Mary King and Shimabukuro Etsuko annoy a monk. (Japan on foot).(Brief Article) (Look Japan)

Ordinary people caught in a world that's wicked, wondrous, weird and wild. (anecdotes on the ironies of people and their religious practices and beliefs)(Column) (National Catholic Reporter)

Pelerinage et societe dans le Japon des Tokugawa. Le pelerinage de Shikoku entre 1598 et 1868. (Book Reviews: Japan).(Book Review) (Asian Folklore Studies)

Shikoku - Die Insel der Toten (Film - Dienst)

Incredible! Lookout Post has More Free Tickets, this time for "Treasures of a Sacred Mountain: Kukai and Mount Koya," an exhibition being held at the Kyoto National Museum from April 15 to May 25.(Lookout Post) (Look Japan)

Big issue. (To The Editors (editors@lookjapan.com)).(Letter to the Editor) (Look Japan)

Sherry D. Fowler, Muroji: Rearranging Art and History at a Japanese Buddhist Temple.(Book review) (Southeast Review of Asian Studies)