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Koyasan 高野山
Koyasan includes "Kongobu-ji" that was built by Kukai in 816
as the principal stage for esoteric Buddhism on a 800m high mountain basin,
"Jison-in" that was built as an administrative office to facilitate
the construction and management of Kongobu-ji, "Niukanshofu-jinja"
that was constructed as a guardian shrine to protect the Niukanshofu estate
of Kongobu-ji and "Niutsuhime-jinja" that is situated in the Amano
basin between Kongobu-ji and Jison-in which is closely connected to Koyasan
and enshrines "Koya Myojin," who legend tells gave land to Kukai
when he choose the compound of Kongobu-ji, and "Niu Myojin,"
who legend tells guided him, and all of them are connected by the pilgrimage
route "Koyasan Choishimichi".
Having 1200 years of religious history, Koyasan is a mountain top religious city formed by 117 temples, combined with the surrounding steep mountain ridges and deep forests, it produces a cultural landscape related to faith.
Again, the Sacred Site Koyasan includes Kongobu-ji, Niutsuhime-jinja, Jison-in and Niukanshofu-jinja.
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