Koyasan (高野山) is one of Japan’s most significant places when it comes to Buddhism, and a beautiful place to visit. From ...

They were walking the “henro” pilgrimage in the Shikoku region to trace the footsteps of Kukai (774-835), a Buddhist priest, also known as Daishi or Kobo Daishi. After the test was over ...

In the year 816, a monk called Kukai (posthumously Kobo Daishi) came across an eight-peaked mountain basin in what’s now Wakayama Prefecture and chose the site to build an inaugural temple for ...

In 816 AD, the Buddhist priest Kukai (774–835 AD, known posthumously as Kobo Daishi) founded this center for Buddhist learning and meditation. He had been guided to a sacred site by two dogs, one ...

The route, known as the Shikoku Henro, includes 88 temples where Kukai -- the founder of Japan's Shingon school of Buddhism, posthumously known as Kobo Daishi -- is believed to have trained during ...

Their reasons are many, but a common thread unites them: a reverence for Kobo Daishi. In some circles, Kobo Daishi is credited with founding and building the 88 temples, but in his own writings he ...

The town with around 2,700 residents hosts Mount Koyasan, which is closely associated with Kukai, (774-835), a Buddhist priest also known as Kobo Daishi, who founded the Shingon school of Buddhism.

It is also the home of Japan's most famous pilgrimage, the Shikoku Henro, a journey covering 88 temples with connections to the Buddhist monk Kobo Daishi (also known as Kukai). Photo credit ...

The tourist destination in Sera Town houses Ryugeji, a temple that is believed to have been opened by renowned Buddhist monk Kobo Daishi as hallow ground. The area around the temple is known as a ...