Goshuin books

A goshuincho (goshuin book, or temple stamp book) is a folding book you carry to temples and shrines in Japan. At each one, the staff write and stamp a page for you: a goshuin, or temple seal.

Many visitors start a book on a trip and keep adding pages on the next. The books here come from Sensoji and Zojoji in Tokyo. Most come blank, ready for your first seal. Zojoji’s arrives with the temple’s own seal already written on the first page; the date of that seal cannot be chosen.

Shipping works as it does for charms: tracked, with US duties included. It is $8 per order, and free on 3 or more items, so a book can go in the same bag as charms for friends. See Shipping & duties.