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"Birthplace of the Shingon Sect"

Tucked amid the rippling hills of the Wakayama Prefecture just south of Osaka and southwest of Tokyo, Mount Koya is a sacred spiritual retreat and one of Japan's most treasured centers for the Buddhist faith. Monks clad in saffron robes offer prayers by the flickering light of butter lamps, their chants intermingling with the sounds of birdsong, babbling water and trees rustling in the wind. This is the birthplace of the Shingon Buddhism, founded by the revered monk Kūkai, also known as Kobo Daishi, in 819 CE. The mountain-top community has since grown to include over 100 temples and monasteries. There's also a university that offers courses in religious studies and lodging for pilgrims. Centered around the mausoleum of Kūkai, Okunoin Cemetery is one of Japan's largest and most scenic, a woodland crowded by a cornucopia of gravestones. Not far from here, Kongobuji is one of Mount Koya's most sacred temples, replete with religious artwork and artifacts. The complex also encompasses the Banryutei, Japan's largest rock garden, while the Danjo Garan is the site of the towering pagoda of Konpon Daito. A masterpiece of traditional architecture, landscape design and natural wonder, Mount Koya is forever wrapped in an aura of serenity and calm, undisturbed and unburdened by the frenetic pace of city life.
Koya, Koya, Japan, 648-0211
"Birthplace of the Shingon Sect"
Tucked amid the rippling hills of the Wakayama Prefecture just south of Osaka and southwest of Tokyo, Mount Koya is a sacred spiritual retreat and one of Japan's most treasured centers for the Buddhist faith. Monks clad in saffron robes offer prayers by the flickering light of butter lamps, their chants intermingling with the sounds of birdsong, babbling water and trees rustling in the wind. This is the birthplace of the Shingon Buddhism, founded by the revered monk Kūkai, also known as Kobo Daishi, in 819 CE. The mountain-top community has since grown to include over 100 temples and monasteries. There's also a university that offers courses in religious studies and lodging for pilgrims. Centered around the mausoleum of Kūkai, Okunoin Cemetery is one of Japan's largest and most scenic, a woodland crowded by a cornucopia of gravestones. Not far from here, Kongobuji is one of Mount Koya's most sacred temples, replete with religious artwork and artifacts. The complex also encompasses the Banryutei, Japan's largest rock garden, while the Danjo Garan is the site of the towering pagoda of Konpon Daito. A masterpiece of traditional architecture, landscape design and natural wonder, Mount Koya is forever wrapped in an aura of serenity and calm, undisturbed and unburdened by the frenetic pace of city life.
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