{"id":223,"date":"2020-03-09T12:55:31","date_gmt":"2020-03-09T12:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sixtydays.org\/japan\/?p=223"},"modified":"2022-02-27T01:45:26","modified_gmt":"2022-02-27T01:45:26","slug":"koyasan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sixtydays.org\/japan\/koyasan\/","title":{"rendered":"Koyasan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Mount K\u014dya<\/strong> (\u9ad8\u91ce\u5c71, K\u014dya-san<\/em>) is the common name of a huge temple settlement in Wakayama Prefecture<\/a> to the south of Osaka<\/a>. In the strict sense, K\u014dya-san is the so-called “mountain name” sang\u014d<\/a> (\u5c71\u53f7) of the Kong\u014dbu-Temple (\u91d1\u525b\u5cef\u5bfa, Kong\u014dbu-ji<\/a><\/em>), the ecclesiastical headquarters of the “Koyasan Shingon School”.[1]<\/a><\/sup><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

First settled in 819 by the monk K\u016bkai<\/a>, Mt. K\u014dya is primarily known as the world headquarters of the K\u014dyasan Shingon<\/a> sect of Japanese Buddhism<\/a>. Located on an 800 m high plain amid eight peaks of the mountain (which was the reason this location was selected, in that the terrain is supposed to resemble a lotus plant), the original monastery<\/a> has grown into the town of K\u014dya<\/a>, featuring a university dedicated to religious studies and 120 sub-temples, many of which offer lodging to pilgrims.<\/p>Wikipedia<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n