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Okuno-in Area 奥院地区

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.

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.

Satake Yoshishige Tamaya

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
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