Goshuincho 1 — Imado Jinja Maneki-Neko

Quick context — what's in this book

This goshuincho spans two trips:

• Late May / early June 2023 — A combined Tokyo + Kyoto + Osaka itinerary. Tokyo first (Imado Jinja in Asakusa, Meiji Jingū in Shibuya), then west to Kyoto (Kiyomizu-dera in Higashiyama), then Osaka (Hōkoku Jinja and Osaka Castle Keep in Osaka Castle Park).
• April 2025 — Nagoya Castle, ~22 months later, during cherry-blossom season.

Three of the six stamps are religious (Meiji Jingū, Kiyomizu-dera, Imado Jinja); the remaining three trace the user's interest in Japanese castles (Hōkoku Jinja sits inside Osaka Castle, plus the Osaka and Nagoya castle-keep certificates).

Notes on confidence scoring

• Temple/shrine name confidence reflects how certain I am that I've identified the issuing site correctly. Above 95% means cross-referenced with multiple authoritative sources (official site, goshuin guides, photo galleries) AND the seal/calligraphy is unambiguous.
• Date confidence reflects the specific day reading from the goshuin itself, not the year. A date below 70% generally means the day character is partly obscured, faintly inked, or written in a style that admits multiple readings — in those cases trip context (adjacent goshuin dates, geography) is used to estimate, but the goshuin alone wouldn't be sufficient.
• I mark anything below 50% as "uncertain — confirm with your records" rather than asserting it confidently.

Two notable items in this book

• Imperial-year stamping (Meiji Jingū): the imperial year (皇紀 2683) is rarely stamped on goshuin — Meiji Jingū does it because it enshrines an emperor.
• Kiyomizu-dera Daihikaku: the central calligraphy names the hall, not the temple — this is the standard pattern for the Saigoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage temples.