A guidebook describing the 88 temples along the Shikoku pilgrimage
新しい英語版四国八十八ヵ所のガイドブックが出版された。
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An English mapbook for the Shikoku pilgrimage
****** A NEW UPDATED and REVISED EDITION ***** August 2009
Including maps to the 20 bangai, Mt Ishizuchi and Koya-san
Note: 2007 edition has green lettering on the cover. 2009 edition has blue lettering.
Book review (of 2007 first edition) in the magazine, Outdoor Japan
Review (of 2007 edition) on a website
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The English edition of "Shikoku Henro Hitori Aruki Dogyo Ninin"
(四国遍路ひとり歩き同行二人・解説編・第7版の英語版)
Published December, 2010.
(2010年12月出版)
Price 1500yen
Topics covered in Part 1:
Time, Numbers of day required, Preparing for the trip, choosing a course, costs and a budget, how to plan,
pilgrim goods and things to pay attention to, equipment and things to carry, weight, pre-departure preparations, money,
making reservations, manners at the sacred sites, rules, how to walk the pilgrimage, sleeping outside, takuhatsu,
waterfall training, going home
Part 2:
includes brief historical descriptions of 238 sites along the pilgrimage
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An English translation of a Japanese pilgrim's 62-day calendar
Published December , 2010
Price: 1500yen
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Alfred Bohner's 1931 book about the Shikoku Pilgrimage
English edition
German edition
(also available in green cover)
Available on Amazon Japan
Kinokuniya bookstore - Japan
Amazon UK
Part of the contents can be viewed at Google Books and on Amazon
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