Place to see: Koyasan, Wakayama-ken, Japan
Tree Buddha
This makeshift shrine was created within the interior of an enormous cedar tree.
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.
Wakayama, Wakayama-ken, JP
Discovered by Matthew Audet
on 29 April 2008.
310 views.
