Forging Ties Between Japan’s Oldest Pilgrimage Route and Spain’s Camino de Santiago

The Eleven-Faced Kannon at Hasedera, temple number 8 on the Saigoku Kannon pilgrimage. (Photo courtesy of Hasedera)

An example of a goshuin. Pilgrims receive three stamps at each temple: the stamp at top right shows the number of the temple on the circuit of 33, the stamp in the center represents the main deity, and the stamp at the bottom left gives the name of the temple. (Courtesy of the Association for Promotion of the Japan Heritage Pilgrimage Route)

The Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela. (© Cristian Leyva/NurPhoto/Kyōdō Tsūshin Images)