The Kii mountains tower over central Wakayama Prefecture wrapped in a veil of green. To the north and south are two sacred areas registered as World Heritages: Koyasan and Kumano Sanzan.It is rarity to have not one, but two such prominent sites with so much to tell about Japan in the same prefecture, Wakayama. Only here, you will encounter the allure of spiritual world that for more than a thousand years has drawn mankind in a search of faith. Blessed with a wondrous natural environment of seas, mountains and rives, and filled with mystery, in Wakayama Prefecture, you can get away from everyday life and set your sprit free
Koyasan Sta.=> Hongu Taisha Grand Shrine/Tanabe.
Hongu Taisha Grand Shrine/ Tanabe=> Koyasan Sta.
Koyasn is a mountaintop basin some 6km east-west and 2km north-south, where 816 the mount Kukai- posthumously known as Konodaishi- founded his first seminary for training in the esoteric sect of Shingon Buddism. The area is surrounded by mountains 1,000 m in height. During the heyday of the Edo Period, there stood over 2,000 temples, halls and cloisters. Today, it continues to observe the teachings of Buddha as the center of Shingon Buddism.
Itinerary Koyasan > Hongu Taishamae