Pilgrim's notebook Shikoku Henro – Mikage (86 completed temples)

This beautiful Japanese pilgrim's journal , Shikoku Henro, is a traditional tool used by pilgrims to collect osugata , the sacred receipts given at each temple visited. This particular journal is especially valuable because it is not blank : the pilgrim who owned it completed 86 of the 88 official temples on the circuit, making it an object imbued with history, faith, and genuine effort.

Each page features Buddhist images, calligraphy, and stamps, sometimes in black and white , but several rare entries are also available in blue or silver , bearing the seed letter (bīja) of the Buddha associated with the temple. A truly beautiful spiritual object to keep, display, or place on your Shingon, Tendai, or Guan Yin altar for devotion or as a historical collector's item.

📜 About the Shikoku pilgrimage

The Shikoku Henro is one of Japan's oldest and most important pilgrimages. It involves visiting 88 temples spread across the island of Shikoku, a route that winds through mountains, villages, forests, and coastlines. Traditionally undertaken on foot over nearly 1,200 kilometers , it honors the memory of the monk Kūkai (Kōbō Daishi) , founder of Shingon Buddhism. The pilgrim seeks purification, good fortune, healing, and an opening of the heart—an outward journey as much as an inward quest.

✨ Features

• Origin: Japan, Shikoku Henro pilgrimage
• Model: Traditional embroidered Mikage notebook
• Contents: 86 temples validated out of 88
• Osugata Presence: black & white + blue/silver pages with bīja
• Condition: Used but very well preserved
• Use: altar, collection, Buddhist practice

Dimensions & Weight

📐 Dimensions: 22 cm x 16 cm
⚓ Weight: approximately 430 grams

As you turn the pages, the energy of the previous pilgrim lingers: offerings, silent prayers, intentions etched in ink. Leafing through it, you feel the journey, the rain, the temples shrouded in mist, the peace in the incense-filled halls. A living fragment of Shikoku, held in your hands.