Place to see: Koyasan, Wakayama-ken, Japan
Monk
On a rainy morning in Kôyasan, a Buddhist Monk walks along the Takugawa River running through Okunoin, Japan's largest gravesite. Okunoin is the temple where Kobo Daishi, the founder of Shingon Buddhism rests in eternal meditation.
About this place:
In 819 the Japanese Monk Kobo Daishi founded what would become one of the sacred homes of Zen Buddhism atop Mt. Kōya in Wakayama Prefecture. The heart of Shingon Buddhism, Kōyasan is dominated by over 100 temples and hundreds of monks, religious students, and traveling pilgrims.
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Wakayama, Wakayama-ken, JP
Discovered by Matthew Audet
on 29 April 2008.
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