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0 q " 1937, the pagoda is regarded
as the symbol of Koya-san.
Yoshino Mount Koya The aptly named Reihokan
吉野 高野山 (Treasure House), opposite
the complex, displays over
! D5 ⌂ Nara Prefecture ! D5 ⌂ Wakayama 5,000 paintings, statues, and
£ n (0746) 32-3081 Prefecture £ Nankai line
from Osaka, then cable car mandalas in two separate
This attractive village, its from Gokurakubashi Stn buildings. The Daimon (great
multistoried houses built on
gate), the traditional main
EXPERIENCE Western Honshu cherry-blossom-viewing Set amid clumps of black Sample vegetarian food,
n Nr Senjuinbashi bus stop;
entrance to Koya-san, lies
the side of a remote mountain,
www.eng.shukubo.net
is one of Japan’s most popular
spots. The Yoshinoyama area
cedar at an altitude of 3,000 ft
STAY
(900 m) in the heart of the
boasts 100,000 trees planted
Kii Penin sula, Mount Koya, or
at different altitudes. Each
level blooms in succession,
Koya-san, is Japan’s most
venerated Shingon-Buddhist
extending the viewing period
Ekoin
to almost three weeks.
site. Saint Kukai (774–835)
The Yoshinoyama area
here in 816. There were almost
stretches from the south
this Mount Koya temple.
banks of the Kii River to the
1,000 temples on the moun-
! D5 ⌂ 497 Koyasan,
north end of the Omine established a monastic retreat or relax in a hot spring at
tain by the Edo period, but
Koya-cho, Ito-gun,
mountain range. A UNESCO typhoons and fire have since Wakayama-ken 648-
World Heritage Site, the reduced the number to 117. 0201 ∑ ekoin.jp/en/
region is dotted with many The western part of Koya-
temples, including Kinpu-Senji san contains the grandest
Temple, Kinpu Shrine, and most revered structures.
Yoshimizu Shrine, and Yoshino Kongobu-ji, built in 1593 by Shojoshin-in
Mikumari Shrine. There is also Toyotomi Hideyoshi, is This temple offers
a pilgrimage route across the Koya-san’s chief temple. Its simple rooms, as well as
mountains. Chikurin-in rhododendrons and the sliding more luxurious quarters.
Temple is known for its stroll doors of its inner chambers, ! D5 ⌂ 566 Koyasan,
garden designed by the tea painted in the 16th century by Koya-cho, Ito-gun,
master Sen no Rikyu. Visitors artists of the Kano school, are Wakayama-ken
can take advantage of the among its attractions. The 648-0211
perfect vistas afforded by nearby Danjogaran complex ∑ shojoshinin.jp
Mount Yoshino-yama to view includes the Fu-do (Fudo Hall),
cherry blossom trees, as well built in 1197, and the Konpon
as hot springs that are Dai-to, a two-story vermilion-
present in the area. and-white pagoda. Rebuilt in
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