Goshuin Shrine Stamp Books

Prayer is when you talk to God; meditation is when you listen to God.
Diana Robinson

Besides garden/parks, shrines are little oases of peace in Japan. Usually well-worth a visit.

Many also offer to commemorates the visit with a stamp (and writing), showing (usually) the shrine name and the date of the visit.

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There are specialized books to collect these stamps, and they should not be treated like tourist stamps:

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Over time, you can collect some very beautiful stamps as reminders:

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I just wished I had written some notes on each particular shrine to remember them better.

But yeah, beautiful almost «gamification» like idea …