A C O Gibb: 5 books

By Bike around Bando and Chichibu records the progress of a trip along the Bando and Chichibu Buddhist pilgrim trails on a folding bike. The trip was the fourth of such travels with journeys along the O-Shikoku, the Saigoku and the Chugoku pilgrim paths preceding it. The Bando pilgrimage starts in Kamakura...

This book describes a cycling tour around the island of Hokkaido in northern Japan, following the pilgrimage path - Hokkaido Kannon 33 Reijo. The journey took about three weeks and covered 2800kms from Hakodate to Sapporo and Asahikawa, up to Wakkanai and down the East Coast to Nemuro and Kushiro. The...

The Chugoku pilgrimage of Buddhist temples in western Japan runs from the vicinity of Himeji down the South west coast of Honshu and back up the North west coast to Tottori. This book recounts experiences of undertaking the pilgrimage with a folding bike in April 2012. The journey included 37 temples...

By Bike around Shikoku records the daily experience of following the route of the Bhuddhist Shikoku 88 Pilgrimage on a small folding bike. This journey was undertaken in September 2010 and was planned as a compromise between the rigours of a walking pilgrimage and the comfort of a bus or car pilgrimage....

By Bike Around Saigoku describes a journey along the Saigoku Kannon Buddhist pilgrimage route, undertaken in November 2011 on a folding bike. The book contains many colour photos of some of the most beautiful temples in Japan along a route that includes Amanohashidate, one of Japan's top internal tourist...