# Toku - 徳 — Goshuin log, shrines & temples > Goshuin log, shrines & temples (iPhone/iPad app by AKITOSHI KAKIZOE.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/toku/id6761445771 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [AKITOSHI KAKIZOE](https://appshunter.io/developer/1889708448) - Category: Travel, Education - Price: Free - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 15.1 · 202 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2026-04-14 - Data updated: 2026-09-03 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/toku/id6761445771/reviews.md ## What is Toku? Explore 110,000+ shrines, temples, castles, and historic sites across Japan — your ultimate pilgrimage companion. ■ Walk Through History Discover nearby shrines and temples on the map and collect visit stamps. Spots feature rich historical narratives and episodes about 800+ legendary figures, from Minamoto no Yoritomo and Oda Nobunaga to Sakamoto Ryoma. ■ Collect Goshuin Seals Photograph the goshuin seals you receive and build your own digital seal book. Auto-cropping keeps every page neat, and your entire collection stays in your pocket. ■ Plan Your Visit Check opening hours and admission fees for major temples and shrines before you go, with access details for every spot. ■ Share Your Journey Post photos with tags — omamori charms, ema votive plaques, seasonal highlights, festival food and more. Comment with photos, follow fellow pilgrims, and browse everyone's visits on the timeline. ■ 100+ Pilgrimage Courses Plan your visits with themed and area-based courses: Kamakura Five Mountains, Tokyo Ten Shrines, Nobunaga's Legacy, Ise Pilgrimage, and more. ■ 490+ Festivals Check festivals happening this month and record the ones you attend. ■ Japanese History Quiz Test your knowledge with quizzes covering all eras of Japanese history — up to university entrance exam level. ■ World Religious Architecture Also includes 85+ world heritage religious and historic sites: Angkor Wat, Sagrada Familia, Taj Mahal, and more. ■ Key Features ・110,000+ spots nationwide — from famous landmarks to neighborhood shrines ・Visit stamps, ranks, and titles that grow with your journey ・Goshuin seal album with automatic photo cropping ・Favorite historical figure (Oshi) feature ・Photo posts, tags, and community timeline ・Multilingual support (Japanese / English / Chinese) ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 1.32.0 — 2026-08-28 New - You can now record a visit using the date you actually went. Visits from before you installed the app can be added retroactively. - You can now find friends by name. Search by display name from the following list and follow them. - After an update, you can read what changed from Notifications. Improvements - Article text is now loaded as you read, making the app about 9 MB smaller. Articles you have opened once can be read again without a connection. - Goshuin added through bulk import can now be edited, added to, or deleted afterwards. - Close and back buttons that were hard to tap are now easier to hit, with no change to how they look. Fixes - Fixed an issue where an omikuji ticket earned on a visit was not applied and the app said you had none. - Fixed an issue where the close button sometimes did not respond after opening a photo in the community feed. - Fixed an issue where buttons near the bottom of some screens overlapped the edge of the display. More places to visit Expanded the sites connected to Uesugi Kagekatsu, Maeda Keiji, Naoe Kanetsugu, Sanada Yukimura, Okumura Sukeemon, Shima Sakon, Takenaka Hanbei, Mori Ranmaru, Kuki Yoshitaka, Akechi Hidemitsu, Hanawa Danemon and Oda Nobuhide. We also corrected shrines and temples shown at the wrong location or listed twice. ### 1.28.0 — 2026-08-21 What's New • Import a paper goshuincho (seal book) in bulk. Photograph the pages, then assign a shrine or temple and the date you received each seal, one at a time. Stop halfway and pick up where you left off • Undo a visit you recorded by mistake • Invite links for sharing the app with friends Improvements • The omikuji tube on the map now shows how many draw tickets you have left • Kofun burial mounds appear on the map with a keyhole-shaped icon • 116 more historical figure portraits (562 in total) • Simplified Chinese added for 233 World Heritage sites and 661 historical figures • Phone numbers and parking information added for more shrines and temples • The community feed no longer fills up with posts from a single person Bug Fixes • Fixed omikuji tickets earned by visiting not being reflected, which could leave you unable to draw • Corrected map positions for 149 pilgrimage temples • Fixed virtue and omikuji tickets being granted twice when a visit was undone and recorded again • Fixed a temple page showing another temple's description • Fixed the age at death shown on historical figure pages ### 1.27.0 — 2026-08-20 What's New • Omikuji reworked: draws now accumulate, so you can save them up and draw whenever you like • Earn a draw from your daily bonus, plus one for every shrine or temple you record a visit at • The best slip you draw becomes your slip of the day • New highest omikuji rank, Daidaikichi, and you can share your result as an image • Rankings now include Weekly and Goshuin seals • After recording a goshuin seal, see your running total, national rank, and next milestone • New lane for importing a whole goshuin book at once • New pages for each historical figure's related sites, by prefecture • Your wishlist, grouped by area into a walking route you can hand to your maps app • Spot pages now show signs of other visitors • The virtual sanpai link now shows how many stops already have photos Improvements • Prefecture-by-prefecture Top 10 shrine articles now cover all 47 prefectures • Simplified Chinese translations added across notable shrines and temples • More phone numbers, parking details, and official websites • Historical figures linked to the places where they died and are buried • Spot search now reaches kanji names from kana input • Smoother path from first launch to your first post Bug Fixes • Changing your name now updates the name shown on your posts • Fixed photos being lost when recording several visits at once • Fixed goshuin and visit counts and their monthly grouping • Fixed goshuin registration failing silently right after install • Fixed broken internal links inside articles ### 1.25.0 — 2026-08-14 - Your visit and virtue records are now saved even without logging in - You can now see and call a spot's phone number from its detail page - Parking information added for some shrines and temples - Draft your visits and share them as posts, copy them, or share to X - Titles now display as material ranks: Wood, Bronze, Silver, Gold, Tiger - Improved haptic feedback - Added World Heritage sites, with a wider visit-check radius where applicable - Improved map display and current-location accuracy - Rebuilt pilgrimage courses (Shinbutsu Reijo, Chichibu 34 Kannon, Seven Lucky Gods routes, and more) with correct temple/shrine listings - Expanded and corrected spot information nationwide ### 1.24.0 — 2026-08-08 What's New • Added shrine/temple names and visit dates to the expanded photo album view, with a link through to the spot detail page Improvements • Enriched roughly 200 lightly-detailed spots nationwide with fuller history and highlights • Improved coordinate accuracy for about 2,700 spots using Geospatial Information Authority data • Reorganized and expanded links between shrines/temples and the historical figures connected to them • Added 10 new articles on goshuin seals and historical pilgrimage routes • Cleaned up unverifiable spots in Tochigi Prefecture (removed, merged, or corrected) Bug Fixes • Fixed a display-order issue where the visit certificate could appear before the visit was actually recorded ## Apps similar to Toku | App | Rating | Price | Category | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [OshiroCho ~Castle Diary~](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/oshirocho-castle-diary/id6767598604) | — | Free | Travel | | [Shrine Map - Goshuin & Visits](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/shrine-map-goshuin-and-visits/id6761163754) | — | Free | Travel | | [KATARIBE - 歴史スポット散策マップ](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kataribe/id6759606727) | 5.0 (4) | Free | Travel | | [Goshuin Meguri - Shrine Stamps](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/goshuin-meguri-shrine-stamps/id6758028486) | — | Free | Travel | | [Goshuin - Shrine Stamp Diary](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/goshuin-shrine-stamp-diary/id6762045379) | — | Free | Travel | | [デジタル御朱印帳 - 写真と地図で巡る参拝記録](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/id6756067517) | — | Free | Travel | --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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