Description
Kobo Daishi, or Kukai, founded Mount Koya around 1200 years ago in 816. He went into eternal meditation (nyujo) 29 years later, retaining his lotus position, at the current mausoleum in the innermost area of Okunoin. It is said that Kobo Daishi continues to help believers while meditating in the mausoleum even today, making Okunoin the center of Kobo Daishi worship. The approx. 2 km path from Ichinohashi to the mausoleum is filled with as many as 200,000 tombs, and memorial towers and monuments.
Location Information
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- Address
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Koyasan Okunoin, Koya-cho, Ito-gun, Wakayama Prefecture, 648-0211
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- Nearest Station
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Koyasan Station
･ Nankai Koyasan Cable
25 minutes by bus
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- Phone Number
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0736-56-2002Available languagesonly in Japanese
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- Hours
- Every day 8:00am - 5:00pm
Original source: ©Shobunsha Publications Inc.
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