Kōya

Built around the monastic centre founded by the monk Kūkai, Kōya grew into a principal home of Shingon Buddhism in Japan. The temple town of Kōyasan occupies a forested plateau in the Kii Mountains of Wakayama Prefecture, within the UNESCO-listed Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range. Kongōbu-ji is the head temple of Kōyasan Shingon Buddhism, while Okunoin’s cedar-lined approach leads to the mausoleum traditionally associated with Kūkai. Temple lodgings, or shukubō, keep the settlement’s religious life closely connected to overnight visitors and pilgrims. Move on to other webcams in Wakayama Prefecture to compare mountain settings around the Kii Peninsula.

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