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		Koya in Wakayama Prefecture, the base for the Shingon sect of esoteric Buddhism founded by Kukai (774-835), has attracted many foreign tourists.
		However, after the restriction was lifted, monks were able to wed, eventually paving the way for her son Ryusho to become the first in the temple's history to succeed his father as head priest.
		Born and raised in Mt Koya, Soeda left the mountain town to go to Tokyo Woman's Christian University, but she was resented for learning English because of the war with the Allied forces.
	www.buddhistnews.tv /current/koya-san-300604.php (1289 words)

	Mount Koya - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mount Koya (高野山 Kōya-san) is a mountain in Wakayama prefecture to the south of Osaka.
		First settled in 819 by the monk Kukai, Mt. Koya is primarily known as the headquarters of the Shingon sect of Japanese Buddhism.
		Located in an 800m-high valley amid the 8 peaks of the mountain, the original monastery has grown into the town of Koya, featuring a university dedicated to religious studies and over 100 temples, many of which offer lodging to pilgrims.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mount_Koya (287 words)

	Mount Koya - World Travel Guide
		Mount Kōya (高野山 Kōya-san) is a mountain in Wakayama prefecture to the south of Osaka, Japan, primarily known as the headquarters of the Shingon sect of Japanese Buddhism.
		First settled in 819 by the monk Kūkai as a retreat far away from the courtly intrigues of Kyoto, Mt. Koya is located in a 800m-high valley amid the 8 peaks of the mountain.
		Many of the pilgrims visiting Mount Koya are on their way to start the 88 Temple Pilgrimage on the island of Shikoku.
	www.world-travel-guide.net /index.php?title=Mount_Koya (807 words)

	Wakayama AJET \| About Us (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Wakayama is famous as the region of abundant nature being God.
		Wakayama Prefecture is located in southwestern region of Kii Peninsula, the largest peninsula in Japan's Honshu (or the main land).
		Wakayama City is the closest prefectural capital to Kansai International Airport, which was newly opened in '94 to serve as a large-scale hub airport.
	www.wakayama-info.net /wajet/about.php (437 words)

	AEG - Wakayama Prefecture Profile
		Wakayama Prefecture is located in the southwestern part of the Kii Peninsula facing Osaka Prefecture in the north, Nara and Mie Prefectures in the east, Tokushima Prefecture of the Shikoku Island across the Kii Channel in the west and the Pacific Ocean in the south.
		Wakayama Prefecture is full of excellent tourist attractions such as Koyasan having Kongobuji Temple, which is the head temple of a Buddhist sect "Shingon", as nucleus, Kumano Sanzan (lit.
		Wakayama City is accessible in approximately 40 minutes from Kansai Airport by Japan Railways, Nankai Railways of limousine bus.
	www.infowest.com /personal/r/rpurcell/wakayama.html (631 words)

	Northern California Koyasan Temple
		Koya on the 21st day of March, 835.
		There was a monastery for women in Kudoyana, on the foot of Mt. Koya.
		Visitors to Koyasan are inspired by the history of japan seen through old tombstones, stupas, and monuments along the path to Okunoin (inner sanctuary).
	www.koyasan.org /nckoyasan/introduction.html (1110 words)

	Mount Koya travel guide - Wikitravel
		Mount Kōya (高野山 Kōya-san) [1] is a mountain in Wakayama prefecture to the south of Osaka, Japan, primarily known as the headquarters of the Shingon sect of Japanese Buddhism.
		Koya limited expresses take 80 minutes and cost ¥1610, while ordinary expresses are lower priced at ¥1210 and take only 10 minutes longer at 90 minutes.
		Palisade of grave markers in Okunoin Cemetery, Mt. Koya
	wikitravel.org /en/Mount_Koya (1124 words)

	Wakayama (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Wakayama expands from the center to the southernmost part of the Honshu Island.
		The coastline has rows of precipitous cliffs, and the sea is studded with some 130 islands of all sizes.
		Other must-sees are the Shirahaba, one of the most prominent hot springs in the Kansai Region and the cityscape of Wakayama-City that embraces the Wakayama Castle.
	www.pacificislandtravel.com /asia/japan/about_destin/wakayama.html (226 words)

	Wakayama Prefecture-cities
		The prefectural capital, Wakayama City, is located at the mouth of the Kinokawa River.
		The Kinan region is particularly reminiscent of more southern climes in Wakayama Prefecture, which is warm throughout the year.
		The two castle towns of Tanabe and Shingu play a core role in politics, the economy, and culture, and they are located next to Shirahama and Katsuura, two well-known hot spring towns.
	www.pref.wakayama.lg.jp /english/cities/index.html (492 words)

	Zen and the art of traveling
		Koyasan is a village perched atop Mount Koya, part of a mountain range in Japan's Wakayama Prefecture.
		Standing in the woods in front of a pair of stone lions guarding a giant orange temple, we marveled that these beautiful things could have so much meaning, and that we could be so very ignorant of it all.
		Koyasan is in a gorgeous mountain region of Japan's Wakayama Prefecture, approximately 5 1/2 hours from Tokyo by train, 1 1/2 hours from Osakaand 2 hours and 50 minutes from Kansai airport.
	www.post-gazette.com /travel/20040111koyasan0111trp3.asp (2003 words)

	Wakayama (prefecture) - Wikitravel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Wakayama prefecture (和歌山県 Wakayama-ken) is in the western Kansai region of the main Japanese island Honshu.
		The main train hub is Wakayama, about one hour south of Osaka, or two hours to Kyoto on the Ocean Arrows limited express.
		It is also certified and known as "The post located in the deepest point of the world" on Guinness Book of World Records 2002.
	wikitravel.org /en/Wakayama_prefecture (286 words)

	Shingon Buddhism, Koyasan, Garan, Japan Attractions, Kukai, Kongobu-ji Temple
		Located in the mist shrouded mountains of the Wakayama Prefecture, Mount Koya (Koyasan) is one of the country’s holiest mountains and the center of Shingon Buddhism in Japan.
		The highlight of your stay on Mount Koya, is visiting the temples and monasteries.
		Finally, if you are planning to visit Mount Koya during your stay in Japan, one of the best options to explore is a guided tour.
	www.destination360.com /asia/japan/mount-koya.php (546 words)

	Japan Roads - Mount Koya (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Mount Koya is located in a mountain range in northeastern Wakayama Prefecture in Koya-Ryujin Quasi-National Park.
		Mount Koya is the center of the Shingon Buddhism, a Buddhist sect which was introduced to Japan in 805 AD.
		One of the highlights of visiting Mount Koya is walking through the Okuonin Cemetery.
	www.japanroads.com /mt_koya.htm (572 words)

	Japan Bike Tour
		At three o'clock I was in the train station carpark absorbed in the art of bike dismantling to please JR rails and be able to transfer to Kyoto.
		After three days of trying to cope with the sights overload that is Kyoto and its 1800 temples it was quite nice to be riding again heading to the other ancient capital of Japan, Nara.
		From there on a sequence of temples and monks toing and froing was a sign that this was indeed a different place where spirituality is still very much alive.
	www.cyclingtheworld.org /giannifilippini/travel/japan2005/japan2005.html (3004 words)

	Wakayama (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Wakayama is in the Kansai Area (western Japan)
		Like Omote says, don't do Tokyo and Wakayama in one trip (well, assuming that is what you were planning).
		wakayama is 1 hour away from oosaka by ca and almost 2 hours by transport
	www.crisscross.com /jp/forum/m_250239/printable.htm (198 words)

	Wakayama Prefecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Wakayama-Ken supplies most of Japan with its high production of mikans (Mandarin Oranges) in October of every year.
		Mount Koya (高野山; -san) in the Ito District is the headquarters of the Shingon sect of Japanese Buddhism.
		It is home to one of the first Japanese style buddhist temples in Japan and remains a site of pilgrimage and an increasingly popular tourist destination as people flock to see its ancient temples set amidst the towering cedar trees at the top of the mountain.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wakayama_Prefecture (448 words)

	Hawaii Shingon Mission--Featured in the National Register's Celebrate Asian-Pacific Heritage Month Feature - 2003
		The granite and marble obelisk at the very front of the temple was made to commemorate the first ever pilgrimage to Japan by immigrant workers in Hawaii in 1929.
		The interior possesses an alter, which depicts in the central pieces Kobo Daishi or Odaishisama (774-835 AD), the founder of Shingon Buddhism, and the Daito, or Great Tower that is the centerpiece of the temples on Mount Koya in Wakayama, Japan.
		Culturally the social history of the Japanese is intertwined in the Buddhist philosophy (which originated in northern India by Prince Siddhartha Gautama, known as Buddha, in 528 BC), and is therefore difficult to segregate the religious aspects from the cultural aspects.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/feature/asia/2003/shingon.htm (666 words)

	Wakayama Prefecture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		english/ Governor Yoshiki Kimura Wakayama Prefecture (, Wakayama-ken) is part of the Kii Peninsula in the Kinki region on Honshu island, Japan.
		The capital is the city of Wakayama, Wakayama.
		Wakayama Prefecture is bordered by Osaka Prefecture, Nara Prefecture, and Mie Prefecture.
	read-and-go.hopto.org /Wakayama-Prefecture (153 words)

	Encyclopedia entry on Kukai's Shingon Buddhist monastery atop Mount Koya, Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Mount Koya (Koya-san) was founded in 816 by imperial decree for Kobo Daishi [Kukai] (774-835), who had returned from the T'ang dynasty capital of Ch'ang-an imbued with Chinese civilization and Indian Mantrayana Buddhism.
		Shingon was also able to adapt to changing trends with a syncretism going back to Kukai himself, whose calligraphy includes a "Namu Amida Butsu" scroll long before Amidism began to eclipse the Asian mainland style of monasticism in Japan.
		Holy men known as Koya Hijiri mixed Shingon creatively with Amidism as they roamed the Japanese countryside, where Buddhism was for the first time becoming a mass religion.
	www.kagawa-jc.ac.jp /~steve_mc/koyasan.html (628 words)

	Welcome to Wakayama-ken!
		Wakayama is particularly famous for its ume, or plumb.
		As with all Japanese towns and cities, Wakayama had many shrines.
		It is mostly a concrete reconstruction (because most of it got bombed in WWII), but the grounds are very nice for hanami, or Cherry Blossom parties.
	farstrider.net /Japan/Wakayama/index.htm (437 words)

	Wakayama-ken Things To Do - Travel Guides - VirtualTourist.com
		Mount Koya (called Koya-san in Japanese) is the headquarters of the Shingon sect of Japanese Buddhism, was opened by a priest Kobo-daishi about 1200 years ago.
		It is located in the basin on a mountain with altitude of about 900m and remains a site of pilgrimage and an increasingly popular tourist destination as people flock to see its ancient temples set amidst the towering cedar trees at the top of the mountain.
		-From Wakayama From Wakayama to Hashimoto by JR train, and then to Gokurakubashi by the Nankai Densha, after that to Koya-san by the Cable car.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Asia/Japan/Wakayama_ken/Things_To_Do-Wakayama_ken-BR-1.html (216 words)

	Rotary News - Rotary Telex - Japanese forest honors centennial (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Members of 60 clubs in District 2640 (Wakayama; part of Osaka, Japan) have been planting thousands of trees to create a new Centennial Forest near the town of Koya in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan.
		The district conceived the two-year project at its assembly in April 2003 and set an initial goal of planting 3,000 trees by the end of June 2005, with a deadline extension if needed.
		At a ceremony in May 2004, Wakayama Prefecture Governor Yoshiki Kimura, the mayor of Koya, and other officials joined more than 200 Rotarians and their families under a light rain to plant the first of many trees that will be enjoyed by future generations.
	www.rotary.belux.org /en/news/telex001438.shtml (292 words)

	Japan Forum - View Single Post - The nine wonders of the world?
		Himeji Castle is also spectacular, though it is surrounded by a less-than-attractive modern city.
		The graveyard on Mount Koya in Wakayama where Kukai is buried is quite awe-inspiring for both its size and beauty (but don't go after dark).
		Some of The Kofun (ancient burial mounds) scattered throughout Nara prefecture are massive, the largest of them is actually bigger than the Pyramid of Giza near Cairo.
	www.jref.com /forum/showpost.php?p=108931&postcount=10 (148 words)

	Negoro-ji (Negoro Temple) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The walk to the Okunoin which passes through a tree-lined graveyard is reminiscent of Mt. Koya, as is the small tumulus in which Kakuban is buried at the Okunoin (Kukai is said to have been buried alive while in meditation to await Maitreya at the Okunoin at Mt. Koya).
		Heading towards Wakayama from Sakai on the Hanwado Expressway, get off at the Sennan Exit, and take the road leading to Hashimoto.
		Turn left at the streetlight with the hotel on the corner (the hotel that has a castle turrent on it).
	tanutech.com /japan/negoroji.html (405 words)

	Seeing the sights of Japan, Temples, The World Heritage - at Wakayama Prefecture of Japan. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Koya/Kumano, having the ambience of miracle have been registered to The World Heritage as "Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range, and the Cultural Landscapes that Surround Them" in June, 2004.
		The place has prospered as a religious town including variety of religions without parallel in the world, handed over the religions and traditional events since its foundation including the head temple Kongobu-ji Temple and other 116 temples.
		Please enjoy the sacred sites, Koya / Kumano and the art that nature has created as much as you like at Wakayama Prefecture - with unique characteristics of Japan.
	wiwi.co.jp /kanko/world/english (241 words)

	Soka Gakkai Dictionary of Buddhism
		The head temple of the True Word (Shingon) school, located on Mount Koya in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan.
		In 816 Kobo, the school's founder, requested and was granted Mount Koya by the imperial court.
		Thereafter he set about building the temple structures, which were completed after his death, late in the ninth century.
	www.sgi-usa.org /buddhism/dictionary/define?tid=712 (98 words)

	Celebrating 1200 years of Esoteric Buddhism in Japan Treasures of a Sacred Mountain: Kukai and Mount Koya (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Mount Koya (Wakayama pref.) has been considered as a Holy Land, since Priest Kukai (774-835) established the headquarters of the Shingon sect of esoteric Buddhism in 816, in the early Heian Period.
		The temple here has been developed as the Buddhist cultural center and as a kind of sanctuary where people could feel safe regardless of their religious beliefs based on the faith in the Priest.
		Selected items are displayed to introduce the entire picture of the cultural assets of Mount Koya and the history of the mountain and Priest Kukai.
	www.tourism.metro.tokyo.jp /french/topics/040408/4.html (290 words)

	TownNet! - Around the World - Asia - Japan - Wakayama
		Around the World - Asia - Japan - Prefectures - Wakayama
		Wakayama in Japan surrounded with the sea and mountains has many fantastic towns and architectures.
		Misato town is noted for its beautiful starry sky.
	www.townnet.com /world/asia/japan/wakayama.html (154 words)

	Koya-San
		I took these photos in autumn 2001 in the vast Okunoin cemetary at Mount Koya, Wakayama.
		It is my favourite place in Japan; time stands still here.
		Pilgrims leave offerings to Jizo, the protector of children.
	homepage.mac.com /andrea.williams/PhotoAlbum6.html (75 words)

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