Book a Stay Inquiry

Journal

Essays and field notes.

Interviews, dialogues, notes from the ground.

Essay

The Third Way of Kumano — Between the Line and the Circle

Part 3 of "The Circular Path — Shikoku 88." Neither a line nor a circle — the constellation-like structure of the Kumano pilgrimage widens our sense of what a pilgrimage's shape can be.

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Essay

A Pilgrimage Drawn in a Single Line — What the Camino de Santiago Teaches Us

Part 2 of "The Circular Path — Shikoku 88." Walking a linear pilgrimage built entirely around its ending reveals, by contrast, what Shikoku's circle is actually doing.

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Essay

Why Do People Keep Walking a Pilgrimage With No Finish Line?

Part 1 of "The Circular Path — Shikoku 88, Secrets of a Pilgrimage Without End." A journey where the beginning and the end are the same point occupies a strange place on the world map of pilgrimage.

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