Even today, many people still visit "The eighty-eight holy places of the Shikoku pilgrimage" in Shikoku Island. This is a pilgrimage of Buddhist temples spreading out from the Edo era.

Japanese religion has few religious precepts and except for some people, this Shikoku pilgrimage resembles sightseeing.
In the 17th century, a guidebook that's called "Shikoku Pilgrim Travel Guide" was published.

I met two French brothers who were doing the Shikoku pilgrimage by bicycle.
They had an English guidebook titled "Shikoku Japan 88 temples Route Guide".

I thought that the French knew bicycles well. However, they didn't know a lot about bicycles and they didn't have enough tools for repair. I helped repair their flat tire.

I think that they took much support from Japanese.