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What To See Still under construction. Maybe finish this winter?
Daimon In the old days, before roads, trains, cable cars, this is the main gate, the huge sanmon that travellers would find as they got to the top of the trail leading from the valley below. It's huge. Kongōbuji The head temple of the Kōyasan branch of Shingon Buddhism. Konpo Daitō The imposing pagoda with amazing statues and pictures inside. Sanko No Matsu As Kūkai was leaving China to return to Japan, legend says that he stood on the shore and threw a three-pronged vajra (sankosho) across the sea to Japan to mark where he should build his future monastery and seat of his Shingon teachings. It was found in an ancestor of this pine tree (matsu), on this very spot. I'll have to check, but i also think this tree is special because three needles come out together instead of the two found on a normal pine tree. Kondō Originally the lecture hall for the monks living and practicing on K&333;yasan, it is now a ceremonial hall. Okunoin This is what everyone really comes to see, the Inner Temple and mausoleum of Kōbō Daishi. This is where the Daishi sits in eternal meditation until the arrival of Miroku, the next Buddha. To get there you must cross three bridges, each taking you across to more sacred ground, with the third, the Gobyō No Bashi, Mausoleum Bridge, leading to the Okunoin.
- YouTube Video NOTE: If is forbidden to take pictures or shoot video once you cross the third and last bridge while approaching the Okunoin. No pictures or video can be taken in the area directly around the Okunoin — especially of the mausoleum itself! Reihōkan A wonderful museum housing all of Kōyasan's national treasures.
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