• Get your Camino Frances Guidebook here.
  • For 2024 Pilgrims: €50,- donation = 1 year with no ads on the forum + 90% off any 2024 Guide. More here.
    (Discount code sent to you by Private Message after your donation)
  • ⚠️ Emergency contact in Spain - Dial 112 and AlertCops app. More on this here.

Search 69,459 Camino Questions

Shikoku 88 marker in Sarria

skevin

Member
Time of past OR future Camino
Sept/Oct 2015 - SJPP to SdC
Hi all,

I passed this Shikoku 88 temple marker on the outskirts of Sarria. Had to do a double take!

Does anyone have a contact name, number , website etc for the association in Spain, or indeed Japan, that is working together ? I’d like to make contact.

My dream is to buy an akiya house in Shikoku - maybe Kochi prefecture, and open an albergue style accommodation for pilgrims. Maybe the association can assist.

Gracias / Arigato gozaimasu

EC70D52A-6BF3-4EF4-B6B1-5C1DD8D704AB.jpeg
 
Join our full-service guided tour and let us convert you into a Pampered Pilgrim!
Transport luggage-passengers.
From airports to SJPP
Luggage from SJPP to Roncevalles
The Shikoku - Camino twinning is an official project at provincial government level. I don't know of any voluntary association in Spain which maintains the link. There are occasional special events sponsored by various organisations. In 2017 the Museum of Pilgrimage in Santiago held an exhibition about Shikoku. Perhaps one of the sponsors of the exhibition could be helpful?


 
The focus is on reducing the risk of failure through being well prepared. 2nd ed.
The Shikoku - Camino twinning is an official project at provincial government level. I don't know of any voluntary association in Spain which maintains the link. There are occasional special events sponsored by various organisations. In 2017 the Museum of Pilgrimage in Santiago held an exhibition about Shikoku. Perhaps one of the sponsors of the exhibition could be helpful?


Thank you so much
 
The Shikoku - Camino twinning is an official project at provincial government level. I don't know of any voluntary association in Spain which maintains the link. There are occasional special events sponsored by various organisations. In 2017 the Museum of Pilgrimage in Santiago held an exhibition about Shikoku. Perhaps one of the sponsors of the exhibition could be helpful?


This brings back memories. I was in Japan 1962, as a young sailor! I will say no more as the memories are good ones. Peace and good luck with your venture.

Samarkand.
 
A selection of Camino Jewellery
This article mentions that the memorial stone was erected by the Takamatsu City branch of the Shikoku Pilgrimage Friendship Association. (高松市の四国遍路友の会).

Website of the assoc. does not look very active:

If you're looking for Akiya, I think you'll need to spend time in Shikoku looking at properties.
 
This article mentions that the memorial stone was erected by the Takamatsu City branch of the Shikoku Pilgrimage Friendship Association. (高松市の四国遍路友の会).

Website of the assoc. does not look very active:

If you're looking for Akiya, I think you'll need to spend time in Shikoku looking at properties.
Thank you very much.
 
Hi all,

I passed this Shikoku 88 temple marker on the outskirts of Sarria. Had to do a double take!

Does anyone have a contact name, number , website etc for the association in Spain, or indeed Japan, that is working together ? I’d like to make contact.

My dream is to buy an akiya house in Shikoku - maybe Kochi prefecture, and open an albergue style accommodation for pilgrims. Maybe the association can assist.

Gracias / Arigato gozaimasu

View attachment 129415
My partner is Japanese and we walked the 88 Temple and Kumano Kodo pilgrimages in 2019. We just moved to Muxia at the end of the Camino. Setting up a Global Pilgrim House. I have 20 canvas print photos of the Japanese pilgrimages on the wall along with other global pilgrimages. Also have guidebooks of the 88 Temple and other global pilgrimages you are welcome to stop in for a visit to get more info on Shikoku if you make it to Muxia. Just contact us through www.globalpilgrim.net
 
The focus is on reducing the risk of failure through being well prepared. 2nd ed.
The marker in the OPs
Hi all,

I passed this Shikoku 88 temple marker on the outskirts of Sarria. Had to do a double take!

Does anyone have a contact name, number , website etc for the association in Spain, or indeed Japan, that is working together ? I’d like to make contact.

My dream is to buy an akiya house in Shikoku - maybe Kochi prefecture, and open an albergue style accommodation for pilgrims. Maybe the association can assist.

Gracias / Arigato gozaimasu

View attachment 129415

There are others. There is a similar marker on a small triangle of grass as you exit Molinaseca.

The other that we have seen is in Japan on Shikoku. I attach two pictures of that one. We stayed in a zenkonyado just across from the marker and asked our host about it. He explained that a few years previously a delegation including the Mayor of Molinaseca had come to Japan to celebrate the linking of the Shikoku 88 and the Camino. He dug out photos to prove it. I seem to recall the location was 88kms from the final temple as per the markings.
 

Attachments

  • 20171012_083152.jpg
    20171012_083152.jpg
    3.2 MB · Views: 34
  • 20171012_083059.jpg
    20171012_083059.jpg
    2.6 MB · Views: 23
Last edited:
Just found my photo of the Molinaseca marker.
 

Attachments

  • Molinaseca.jpg
    Molinaseca.jpg
    2.2 MB · Views: 28
Hi all,

I passed this Shikoku 88 temple marker on the outskirts of Sarria. Had to do a double take!

Does anyone have a contact name, number , website etc for the association in Spain, or indeed Japan, that is working together ? I’d like to make contact.
2015 we walked part of Shikoku. Only managed 38 temples. They were having a heat wave in October.
The book I used was Shikoku Japan 88 Route Guide, by Buyodo Co. Ltd.
In the back they have listed:
Shikoku Tourism - www.tourismshikoku.org
Also: www.shikokuhenrotrail.com
Hope this helps
 
Down bag (90/10 duvet) of 700 fills with 180 g (6.34 ounces) of filling. Mummy-shaped structure, ideal when you are looking for lightness with great heating performance.

€149,-
My partner is Japanese and we walked the 88 Temple and Kumano Kodo pilgrimages in 2019. We just moved to Muxia at the end of the Camino. Setting up a Global Pilgrim House. I have 20 canvas print photos of the Japanese pilgrimages on the wall along with other global pilgrimages. Also have guidebooks of the 88 Temple and other global pilgrimages you are welcome to stop in for a visit to get more info on Shikoku if you make it to Muxia. Just contact us through www.globalpilgrim.net
How wonderful and thank you for the offer. Mata ne!
 
The 2024 Camino guides will be coming out little by little. Here is a collection of the ones that are out so far.
Don't forget the Camino markers along pilgrimages in Japan, like this one:

P4265470 (1).jpg
 
The focus is on reducing the risk of failure through being well prepared. 2nd ed.

Most read last week in this forum

My name is Henrik and I will be coming down to SJPdP from Sweden on March 26 and start walking on March 27. I don't really have any experience and I'm not the best at planning and I'm a little...
When I hiked the Frances Route this happened. I was hiking in the afternoon just east of Arzua. I was reserved a bed at an albergue in Arzua, so I had already hiked all the way from San Xulien...
I'd like some recommendations about where to find the most current and up to date information about albergues that are actually open. I'm currently walking the camino Frances, and I can't even...
I am finalizing my packing list for Frances, and do not want to over pack. (I am 71) I will be starting at SJPdP on April 25th to Roncesvalles and forward. I was hoping on some advise as to...
First marker starting from Albergue Monasterio de la Magdalena in Sarria (113.460 km) Start: 2023.9.29 07:22 Arrival: 2023.9.30 13:18 walking time : 26 hours 47 minutes rest time : 3 hours 8...
A local Navarra website has posted a set of photos showing today's snowfall in the area around Roncesvalles. About 15cm of snow fell this morning surprising pilgrims on the way...

❓How to ask a question

How to post a new question on the Camino Forum.

Forum Rules

Forum Rules

Camino Updates on YouTube

Camino Conversations

Most downloaded Resources

This site is run by Ivar at

in Santiago de Compostela.
This site participates in the Amazon Affiliate program, designed to provide a means for Ivar to earn fees by linking to Amazon
Official Camino Passport (Credential) | 2024 Camino Guides
Back
Top