Japan
Earhart, H. Byron
A Religious Study of the Mount Haguro Sect of Shugendo
Foard, James H.
The Boundaries of Compassion: Buddhism and the National Tradition in Japanese Pilgrimage
Grapard, Allan G.
Flying Mountains and Walkers of Emptiness: Toward a Definition of Sacred Space in Japanese
Religions
Hori, Ichiro
Mountains and Their Importance For the Idea of the Other World in Japanese Folk Religion
Japanese Government Publications
Handbook of Old Shrines and Treasures in Japan
Kitagawa, Joseph M.
Folk Religion in Japan: Continuity and Change
Three Types of Pilgrimage in Japan
Reader, Ian
Miniaturization and Proliferation: A Study of Small-Scale Pilgrimages in Japan
Religion in Contemporary Japan
Readicker-Henderson, (ed.)
The Traveler’s Guide to Japanese Pilgrimages
Starr, Frederick
Fujiyama: The Sacred Mountain of Japan
Statler, Oliver
Japanese Pilgrimage
Swanson, Paul L.
Shugendo and the Yoshino-Kumano Pilgrimage: An Example of Mountain Pilgrimage

Martin Gray is a cultural anthropologist, writer and photographer specializing in the study of pilgrimage traditions and sacred sites around the world. During a 40 year period he has visited more than 2000 pilgrimage places in 165 countries. The World Pilgrimage Guide at sacredsites.com is the most comprehensive source of information on this subject.