Tag: Osaka
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Mount Koya
Mount Kōya (高野山, Kōya-san) is a large temple settlement in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan to the south of Osaka. In the strictest sense, Mount Kōya is the mountain name (sangō) of Kongōbu-ji Temple, the ecclesiastical headquarters of the Kōyasan sect of Shingon Buddhism. First settled in 819 by the monk Kūkai, Mount Kōya is primarily known as the world headquarters of the Kōyasan Shingon sect of Japanese Buddhism.…
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Closing in on the end of the 1st part of the adventure.
Woke up and made my way to Temple 84 – Yashimaji. Believed to have been founded in 754, Kūkai changed it over to the Shingon Sect around 815.
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A quick stop off.
A quick stop. There was another Buddhist Temple not on the walk, but it was on the way, so I stopped at Chofukuji. Just some beauty in the middle of my walk. I needed it after last night. I had to take alieve and zophran to make through the night, and I kept a trashbag…
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Onto more temples
He drove us to Temple 56 Taisanji. Another temple on the outskirts of town. Temple 57 Eifukuji. Each side of the main hall are copies of the “Buddhist feet rocks” from the temple in India where Shaka achieved enlightenment. We drove up to Temple 58 – Senyūji. This one was 250 meters high, built in…
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Continued
When posting a lot of pictures, the app I am using messes up, so on busy days, I will need to break up my accounting. We drove to Temple 54, Enmeiji. This temple prospered as a temple for scholarly learning. I thought my hotel was close, and I started walking from here. It turns out…
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Fortuitous meetings
I started off the dat grabbing a taxi back to near where I left off Sunday. I went to Temple 52 – Taisanji. There, I met a couple from Singapore who gifted me a Mala (prayer beads) I met a man from Taiwan who thought I was in my 20s, and we ended up spending…
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An early day
Started off this day, waking up early and walking to the bus stop. This bus was over an hour long ride. The 2nd bus I got on was the wrong one, but still made it to my destination. Temple 41 – Ryūkōji Initially, this was a place for the rice God as part of the Inari…
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An early day
Started off this day, waking up early and walking to the bus stop. This bus was over an hour long ride. The 2nd bus I got on was the wrong one, but still made it to my destination. Temple 41 – Ryūkōji Initially, this was a place for the rice God as part of the Inari…
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An early day
Started off this day, waking up early and walking to the bus stop. This bus was over an hour long ride. The 2nd bus I got on was the wrong one, but still made it to my destination. Temple 41 – Ryūkōji Initially, this was a place for the rice God as part of the Inari…
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Back to Kochi.
Started off the morning and took a taxi to the top of Temple 35 – Kiyotakiji. Was able to walk down fine, but after several near falls on other mountains, my leg injury from last year started to hurt, and the knee I hurt by the car hitting me and horse kicking me (2 separate…
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