High in the mountains of Wakayama, Koyasan is the monastic centre of Shingon Buddhism, founded by the monk Kūkai. Visitors can stay in temple lodgings (shukubo), join the monks’ morning prayers, and walk at dusk through the forest cemetery of Okunoin.
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Kūkai, known after his death as Kōbō Daishi, founded the mountain monastery in 816. It grew into a town of temples, and Kongōbu-ji is the head temple of Koyasan Shingon Buddhism.
Devotees believe Kūkai did not die but remains in eternal meditation in his mausoleum at Okunoin. Koyasan is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of sacred sites and pilgrimage routes in the Kii Mountains.
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