{Shikoku Hachijūhachikasho Meguri}

---RECENT WEB SITE UPDATES---



All dates in mm/dd/yy format
  1. Edited the Telephone & Internet Connectivity page (1/21/12)
  2. Added a new section to the bottom of the page on the history of Kōbō Daishi (1/19/12)
  3. Edited the Walking/What To Do page (1/18/12)
  4. Began the process of consolidating pictures under one link on the My Trips page (1/17/12)
  5. Complete face lift for the web site. Let me know if you particularly love or hate the new look (1/7/12)
  6. Added a new Guide Services page to the Other Information page (1/4/12)
  7. Added a link on the Lodging page to an online reservation page for Mt. Kōya shukubō
    Reservations are actually done by fax or phone, but... (12/23/11)
  8. Added Kaiyu to the list of Lodging Recommendations (12/23/11)
  9. Edited the beginning of my Heart Sutra explanation (11/17/11)
  10. Added "Attaining Enlightenment with this Body: Primacy of Practice in Shingon Buddhism at Mt. Koya, Japan" to the Foundations section of the bibliography (11/17/11)
  11. Added Chanoch Lipperman to Known Henro list (10/25/11)
  12. Added Elizabeth Smith to Known Henro list (10/19/11)
  13. Added John Shufelt to Known Henro list (8/25/11)
  14. Added Michael Bolech to Known Henro list (8/24/11)
  15. Added link to new map on the 'Maps' page
    Added link to online brochures related to tourism on Shikoku on 'Maps' page (8/24/11)
  16. Added trail elevation profiles to the 'Maps' and 'Walking/How Far To Walk Each Day' pages (8/21/11)
  17. Added Moza Rella to Known Henro list (8/6/11)
  18. Added Justin Phillips to Known Henro list (1/6/11)
  19. Added Ben Sheppard to Known Henro list (12/13/10)
  20. Added two papers to the General Information section of the Books & Papers page.
    About Tatsueji and About Kakurinji, both by David Moreton (10/30/10)
  21. Added Whitney Vosburgh to the Known Henro list (10/17/10)
  22. Added A Critical Analysis of the Buddhist 88-Temple Pilgrimage on Shikoku Island, Japan to the list of General Information books (10/9/10)
  23. Added Lynn Jennings of Canada to Known Henro List
    Added Christiane Fitzpatrick of France to Known Henro List (10/9/10)
  24. Added a new "You Want To Walk & Use Public Transportation?" page that coorelates
    to the second (2009) edition of the Shikoku Japan 88 Route Guide guidebook (8/3/10)
  25. Added a Henro Crossword 2 to Other Information page (7/31/10)
  26. Added Alicia Wszelaki to the Known Henro page,
    added her YouTube video to the Other Information/Google-YouTube Videos page, and
    added her photo journal to the Other Journals page (7/29/10)
  27. Added a new Online Forum to the Other Information page (7/28/10)
  28. Added new informaion about renting a mobile phone while on the trail to the Walking/Telephone & Internet Connectivity page (7/11/10)
  29. Added a new page ("Credits") to the Other Information page where i'm trying to consolidate the list of people who have contributed information to the site. (7/11/10)
  30. Added link on the Planning & Other Information pages to a nice comparison of the Shikoku Henro Trail and the Camino de Santiago, prepared by Gideon Lewis-Kraus (7/11/10)
  31. Added a crossword puzzle to Other Information page (6/28/10)
  32. Rearranged layout of Known Henro list by geographical location (6/19/10)
  33. Added Jacqueline Horne to Known Henro list (6/19/10)
  34. Added James Campbell to Known Henro list (6/14/10)
  35. Added link on Other Information/Google-YouTube Videos page for James Campbell's video montage of his Shikoku photographs (6/14/10)
  36. Added Andreas Mielick to Known Henro list (6/7/10)
  37. Added Lu Barnham's articles to Other Information: Other Journals page (3/28/10)
  38. Added Matt Jardine's videos of his henro walk to Other Information: Google/YouTube Videos page (3/28/10)
  39. Added Susan Tennant's new book "The 1918 Shikoku Pilgrimage of Takamure Itsue" to book list (3/28/10)
  40. Added link to new list of free lodging (3/10/10)
  41. Added Helen Garan's video to the Books & Papers/Videos page (12/31/09)
  42. Added Armin Howald's journal to Other Journals page (12/31/09)
  43. Offering discount on remaining 1st edition 88 Route Guide guidebooks (12/12/09)
  44. Added Allan Marett to list of Known Henro (12/12/09)
  45. Added Armin Howald to list of Known Henro (11/29/09)
  46. Added Todd Wassel's journal to list of Other Journals (11/20/09)
  47. Added Todd Wassel to list of Known Henro (11/20/09)
  48. Added Shelagh Noble to list of Known Henro (11/15/09)
  49. Added info from Phil Rodriguez to Camping Out page (10/25/09)
  50. Edited the Preparation/Training & Your Feet page (10/25/09)
  51. Added Jan-Willem Paijens to list of Known Henro (10/25/09)
  52. More work on the What To Take page (10/25/09)
  53. Rewrote much of the What To Take page (10/24/09)
  54. Added Dominik Schmitt to Known Henro list (9/7/09)
  55. Added new links to the Other Journal page (8/26/09)
    (Pam & Jeff, Charlie Kirk, and Unknown Henro)
  56. Updated email address of Known Henro Sandie Howie (8/26/09)
  57. Added Benedict Campbell to list of Known Henro (8/26/09)
  58. 99% finished new page on Walking/Public Transportation option (8/19/09)
  59. Added link to Shodoshima 88 temple pilgrimage to Other Web Sites/Other Links page (6/30/09)
  60. Added new page on Lodging Recommendations to Walking page (6/28/09)
  61. Added link to book by Lisa Dempster to Books & Papers page (6/27/09)
  62. Added information on cost to Walking/Camping Out page (6/27/09)
  63. Added link to WritingTravellers guidebook on Other Information/Other Web Sites page (6/27/09)
  64. Began work on a new page for people who want to walk and use public transport (6/23/09)
  65. Added Lena Bauer to Known Henro list (6/22/09)
  66. Added link to Britta Eisermann's blog about her 2009 walk of the henro to Other Info/Other Journals page (6/20/09)
  67. Added Eiji Okawa's MA thesis about Shikoku to General Info section of Books & Papers (6/20/09)
  68. Edited Books & Papers/Videos and Other Information/Google/YouTube Videos pages (6/20/09)
  69. Added Chris Pearce and Britta Eisermann to Known Henro list (6/19/09)
  70. Added book Sacred Kōyasan to list of books. (6/19/09)
    (Thought i did this long ago, but guess i'm getting old and forgetful.)
  71. Changed name and email address of Known Henro Eleanor Lefever-Taschen (6/15/09)
  72. Added Sam Miller, Noah Zimmerman, & Eiji Okawa to list of Known Henro (6/15/09)
  73. Added new link to publishers ordering site for Shikoku Japan 88 Route Guide (6/8/09)
  74. Added Guillaume Sarah to list of Known Henro (6/8/09)
  75. Updated distance between main temples in each prefecture on Temple Info. page (5/31/09)
  76. Added Jordan Benoit to Known Henro list (5/30/09)
  77. Changed very first and very last kanji in pdf version of Heart Sutra (5/24/09)
  78. Added link to historical maps on the Other Maps section of the Maps page (5/24/09)
  79. Minor editing throughout the site (5/1/09)
  80. Adding new/replacing some old pictures throughout the site (5/1/09)
  81. Added someone's opinion that walking in February or November is best to When To Go page (4/28/09)
  82. Added information on getting from Tōkyō to Tokushima by ferry to How To Get There page (4/28/09)
  83. Added link to Oliver Statler biography to Other Info page (4/28/09)
  84. Corrected one kanji in pdf version of Heart Sutra and a few other English wording changes (4/28/09)
  85. Added info on a new DVD from Tokushima University (4/13/09)
  86. Converted Known Henro email addresses to gif files to stop spam (i hope) (4/13/09)
  87. Added The Heart Sutra by Geshe Rinchen to list of books (4/1/09)
  88. Added link to John Cant's Google Map of the Shikoku temples (3/24/08)
  89. Added link to article written by Wayne Emde to Other Journals page (2/26/09)
  90. Added Sandi Howie to the list of Known Henro (2/26/09)
  91. Updated (FINALLY) the Picture of The Month (2/10/09)
  92. Added video by Taisen Miyata to the Books/Video page (2/8/09)
  93. Updated Packing section of What To Take (2/7/09)
  94. Updated information on Don Weiss' book Echoes of Incense (2/7/09)
  95. Added the kanji for Nōkyōjo to the Reading Japanese Maps page (2/3/09)
  96. Upated Cost on Telephone pages (1/21/09)
  97. Added Jason Emde to Known Henro list (9/8/08)
  98. Finally finished my 2008 jounal :-( (9/5/08)
  99. Added information on videos about the henro trail to the Books & Papers page (8/28/08)
  100. Added information on new English Guidebook A Journey of the Soul (8/19/08)
  101. Added ability to purchase Shikoku Japan 88 Route Guide with PayPal (8/18/08)
  102. Updated information on the Shikoku Japan 88 Route Guide English guidebook (2/3/08)
  103. Added information on begging to the How to Go section of the Planning page (1/19/08)
  104. Added information to Books page on where to buy Shikoku Japan 88 Route Guide (1/19/08)
  105. Updated the announcements (1/19/08)
  106. Uploaded corrected copy of .pdf Heart Sutra (12/16/07)
  107. Added a new entry in the Heart Sutra section of Books (12/15/07)
  108. Updated the Upcoming Changes page (12/9/07)
  109. Added another book to the Heart Sutra list of books (11/22/07)
  110. Updated information on the Japanese map book and the new English map book on the books page (11/22/07)
  111. Added Nathaniel Green's partial blog to the Other Journals page (11/22/07)
  112. Finished working on the Heart Sutra commentary (for a while) (11/21/07)
  113. Added an archive page for previous "Pictures Of The Month" (11/13/07)
  114. Updated information in the Guidebooks section of Books & Papers re: a new English guidebook (10/24/07)
  115. Added Picture of the Month page with first picture by Tom Ward (7/30/07)
  116. Added new page with YouTube videos on Other Information page (7/29/07)
  117. Added new announcement section to main page (7/29/07)
  118. Add info on Maps page about new non-Japanese map of henro trail (7/29/07)
  119. Added Mary Lynn Howard to Known Henro list (7/29/07)
  120. Added David Moreton's web site to the Other Web Sites page (7/29/07)
  121. Added some writing on the Heart Sutra page (7/11/07)
  122. Added Dan Spade to the Other Journals page (7/1/07)
  123. Uploaded my last ramblings in the '07 journal. Back Home (7/1/07)
  124. Added Gerald Koll to the Known Henro list (6/16/07)
  125. Added Harry Chapman & Léo Gantelet to the Known Henro list (6/13/07)
  126. Uploaded pictures of statues from my 2007 trip (6/5/07) More still to come.
  127. Added Turner Wright to Known Henro page and his Journal to Other Journals page (5/28/07)
  128. Uploaded the first batch of pictures from my 2007 trip. (5/9/07) More to come
  129. Uploaded more of my journal (5/4/07)
  130. Just got off the trail and uploaded the final schedule and distances, plus some of my journal (5/2/07)
  131. Started adding the henro trail to Google Maps. See the Maps page (4/5/07)
  132. Some changes to the Heart Sutra page and my 2007 journal (3/27/07)
  133. Updated/Started 2007 trip journal (3/3/07)
  134. Updated planned lodging page for 2007 trip (3/2/07)
  135. Updated daily schedule for 2007 trip (2/21/07)
  136. Began the process of making changes to the Heart Sutra page (2/18/07)
  137. First draft of my 2007 trip calendar (2/9/07)
  138. Minor addition to Camping Out page re: using tents (12/26/06)
  139. Added cost and itinerary information for bus henro (10/1/06)
  140. Added Robert Sibley's journal to the Other Journals page (8/20/06)
  141. Added link to French web site on the pilgrimage to the list of Other Web Sites (8/6/06)
  142. Added Rebecca Phares' comments to the Free Lodging list (8/6/06)
  143. Added Rebecca Phares to the list of Known Henro (8/6/06)
  144. Added Tommi Mendel to the list of Known Henro (7/10/06)
  145. Added link to Tiger Toda Productions (a film company) to the list of Other Web Pages (7/10/06)
  146. Added link to Tom Herbert's web page on Other Web Pages (7/2/06)
  147. Added Elenor Lefevor to the list of Known Henro (7/2/06)
  148. Added link to Eleanor Lefevor's online journal on Other Journals (7/2/06)
  149. Added link to Jim Knighten's journal on the Other Journal page (6/19/06)
  150. Added Jim Knighten's name to the list of Known Henro (6/19/06)
  151. Added links to Richard Mattiko's and Jim Knighten's web sites (6/19/06)
  152. Added some lodging information for my 2006 trip (2/28/06)
  153. Added Jim Baquet (The Temple Guy) to list of Known Henro (2/17/06)
  154. Latest face lift to improve the looks of the site (2/12/06-2/15/06)
  155. Moved website to new domain — www.ShikokuHenroTrail.com (2/10/06)
  156. Added pictures of the Miyazaki Guidebooks to the Books & Papers page (1/16/06)
  157. Added a new paper written by David Moreton to the General Information section of Books & Papers
    "An Examination of Travel Literature on the Shikoku Pilgrimage Route and Warnings Contained Within" (1/16/06)
  158. Added distance between temples for Kōchi Prefecture (1/16/06)
  159. Made minor updates to Other Journals. (No new names) (1/16/06)
  160. Updated information on my 2006 trip, including schedule (1/14/06)
  161. Added information about my trip in 2006 (1/9/06)
  162. Added Bob Davies to the Known Henro page (1/9/06)
  163. Added the Honzon mantra and Goeika for Bangai Temples 1 - 5 (1/1/06)
  164. Began listing the distance between temples. Added distance for Tokushima Prefecture temples (1/1/06)
  165. Changed the way Temple and Bangai information is displayed (1/1/06)
  166. Added maps 2-C and 2-B, and 1-B to the maps page (12/29/05)
  167. Added maps 2-D, 1-D, and 1-C to the maps page (12/28/05)
  168. Added maps 3-C, 4-C, 4-D, and 3-D to the maps page (12/26/05)
  169. Added maps 3-A and 3-B to the maps page (12/23/05)
  170. Added maps 1-A and 2-A to the maps page (12/23/05)
  171. Began work on new, slightly more detailed, maps (12/22/05)
  172. Updated the When To Go page (12/20/05)
  173. Updated the How To Get There page (12/20/05)
  174. Added a few items to the travel section of the Cost Calculator (12/20/05)
  175. Added a new name to the Known Henro list (12/11/05)
  176. Updated the Cost Calculator (v2) on the Planning/Cost page (12/11/05)
  177. Added a basic Cost Calculator to the Planning/Cost page (12/4/05)
  178. Added a new name to the Known Henro list (12/1/05)
  179. Updated the How To Read Japanese Maps page (11/27/05)
  180. Add a little information to the Temple Information page (11/26/05)
  181. Added links to lectures on the Heart Sutra on the Other Web Sites page (11/24/05)
  182. Rewrote the Settai page in the Walking section (11/23/05)
  183. Added link to Bob Davies' journal on the 'Other Journals' page (11/19/05)
  184. Added a few links to the Other Web Sites page (11/10/05)
  185. Added link to Michael Thaler's photo journal on the 'Other Journals' page (11/2/05)
  186. Added Nojuku information from Ben Schwartz (10/10/05)
  187. Revamped the look of the entire site (9/11/05)
  188. Added Michael Noakes' online journal (5/15/05)
  189. Added link to Edwina Breitzke's online journal (4/28/05)
  190. Added a How To Get There page to tell people how to get to Shikoku (4/22/05)
  191. Added link to Ōmiya Toshihiro's pilgrimage journal (3/31/05)
  192. Added link to newspaper article about Ryan Armstrong in Other Web Sites (3/28/05)
  193. Added more chapters of Marc Pearl's journal (3/25/05)
  194. Added Where to Start section of Walking page (3/25/05)
  195. Added new information on my trip in April (3/18/05)
  196. Added David Bolster to list of Known Henro (3/16/05)
  197. Added new TURNER article to general pilgrimage books section (3/16/05)
  198. Added chapter 4 of Marc Pearl's journal (3/15/05)
  199. Chanaged information about GOL setup fees on Connectivity page (3/14/05)
  200. Added a link to 'The Temple Guy' on the Other Journals page (3/14/05)
  201. Began new glossary page for the Jūsan Butsu (13 Buddhas). Much more to come (3/14/05)
  202. Added new terms to the Henro Necessities section of the glossary (3/14/05)
  203. Added new terms to the Lodging section of the glossary (3/14/05)
  204. Added new terms to the General Terms section of the glossary (3/14/05)
  205. Added links on the 'Walking' page to pictures of the temple stamps from both the main 88 temples and the 20 bangai temples (3/11/05)
  206. Uploaded a spreadsheet of my total 1999 costs and added a link to it from the Cost section of the Planning page (3/11/05)
  207. Added chapters 2 & 3 of Marc Pearl's journal (3/10/05)
  208. Added Prologue chapter of Marc Pearl's journal (3/8/05)
  209. Added this page so people will know what is updated and when (3/8/05)


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