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Kongobuji temple
高野山金剛峰寺
高野山
金剛峰寺
alternative words: Kongoubuji Temple, Koyasan Kongobuji, Koya-san Kongobu-ji, Kongobu-ji, Kongobuji, Koyasan, Kouyasan
keywords:
temple
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wakayama
related topics:
Wakayama Prefecture
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Nankai electric railway
related web sites:
http://www.koyasan.or.jp
explanation: One of the most prestigious temples, situated at Mt. Koya in Wakayama Prefecture. It was built in 819 by a famous Japanese priest Kukai alias Kobotaishi who is the founder of Shingon School. Being isolated from the rest of the world, it had been a popular training camp for young Buddhist monks in the old times. Though its access being forbidden to women before Meiji Era, now everybody can visit it by using a cable car.
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French version
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