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Mount Kōya

Mount Kōya - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

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.As there are many temples with identical names, Chinese and Japanese temples are traditionally given additional "mountain names". These are no geographical designations. There is no mountain called Kōya-san in Japan. Read more on Wikipedia

• type: UNESCO World Heritage Site
• date from: None
• UNESCO World Heritage Site: 1142

Source: en.wikipedia.org