Place to see: Koyasan, Wakayama-ken, Japan

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.