Kiyomi Doi is a Japanese cultural anthropologist specialized in pilgrimage. She has a Ph.D. on the Camino de Santiago and has walked 5,000 kilometers as a pilgrim. We met her at the end of her last Camino, in Santiago de Compostela, and we interviewed her about her...
When writing this essay or short reflection on Japanese pilgrims on the Camino de Santiago, I consulted the page of the Pilgrim Reception Office. This website provides us with the remarkable data of pilgrims who have completed the Camino since 2003, not only their...