noun
A written guide or handbook providing information about a place, facility, or topic. Often used for travel guides, museum guides, or explanatory booklets.
この案内記には、寺の歴史が詳しく書かれている。
This guidebook describes the temple's history in detail.
旅行の前に、現地の案内記を
Before the trip, I bought a local guidebook.
Can mean a guidebook or manual, but also refers to guidance or instruction in a broader sense. 案内記 specifically refers to a written guide.
Compound of 案内 (guidance, information) and 記 (record, account). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word follows a common pattern for naming guidebooks and descriptive records.