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Okuno-in Area 奥院地区

Okuno-in Area

Surrounded by the three mountains of Mt. Tenjiku, Mt. Mani and Mt. Yoryu, this is a huge cemetery and sacred place where Kukai decided to make a grave for himself before death, and it is believed that Kukai is still alive here.



Okuno-in Area
It is said that there are more than 300,000 stone pagodas that have been built by various ranks and various ages of people from all over Japan. Even now, people still build graves here. These distributed graves and cedar trees that are forbidden to be cut down make this a cultural landscape as a sacred place.


Tmaya of Yoshishige Satake
Satake Yoshishige Tamaya
Tmaya of Yasuhide Matsuddaira and his mother
Matsudaira Hideyasu and Dohaha Tamaya
Law protection: (Historic Site) Kyozo, Uesugi Kenshin Tamaya, Satake Yoshishige Tamaya (including five Hokyointo) and Matsudaira Hideyasu and Dohaha Tamaya (including Hideyasu Tamaya, five Hokyointo and Hideyasu-haha two Hokyointo (Important Cultural Property) Toyotomike Bosho,Zenni Jochi Hi, Sugen-hujin Gorinto, Korai Tekimikata Kuyohi and Okuno-in Osugi Bayashi (Prefectural Designated Property)


Koyasan Kongobu-ji
Garan Area , Okuno-in Area , Daimon Area , Kongosammai-in Area ,
Tokugawake Reidai Area , Honzan Area


Introduction to the properties


Wakayama Prefecture The World Heritage Registration Association
(Wakayama Prefecture Planning Department Planning Bureau Regional Development Division Branch Office)
100-1 Hongu Hongu Town Tanabe City, Wakayama Prefecture, 647-1731