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Nokyocho are booklets for having each of the 88 temples on the Shikoku Pilgrimage trail to put the temple's official seal and artful calligraphy into the booklet. It serves as a kind of proof that the henro has visited the temple and as a keepsake of the pilgrimage. Nokyocho are usually buried with the deceased pilgrim when their time has come as a precious item. On the left is temple 49 Jodo-ji and on the right page is temple 48 Sairin-ji both located in Matsuyama, Ehime, Shikoku, Japan.

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The Shikoku Pilgrimage
Nokyocho are booklets for having each of the 88 temples on the Shikoku Pilgrimage trail to put the temple's official seal and artful calligraphy into the booklet. It serves as a kind of proof that the henro has visited the temple and as a keepsake of the pilgrimage. Nokyocho are usually buried with the deceased pilgrim when their time has come as a precious item. On the left is temple 49 Jodo-ji and on the right page is temple 48 Sairin-ji both located in Matsuyama, Ehime, Shikoku, Japan.