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

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...