Walking in Circles by Todd Wassel

[King Bob]

This one was about the author walking the Shikoku pilgrimage trail in Japan, which has 88 temples associated with Kukai. Reasonably good travel book, with some funny bits and a lot about the pilgrimage and Japanese culture which I will of course forget. I picked it up because I liked the cover art. Turns out that it was self-published, but he created a publishing company anyway. Maybe to hide the self-publishing?

TG - I found out that Matte Kudesai means Please Wait.

[Drunk Monk]

There was a special exhibit on Kukai at the National Museum in Tokyo. We thought about it, but then we saw the line and bailed. I knew about him mostly because there's a new doc on him circulating.