Drawing on primary, comparative research carried out in four East Asian countries, much of which was undertaken by East Asian scholars, the book shows how the inscription of religious items as "Heritage" has stimulated cross-border interactions among religious practitioners and boosted tourism along modern pilgrimage routes. From the Contents: 11. Issues Regarding the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage Related to Religion in Japan (Tomo Ishimura); 12. Seichi Junrei: Heritage, Pilgrimage and Popular Culture in Contemporary Japan (Cheng-Heng Chang & Chung-Ming Hsu).