Location
Shingon mountain monastery founded by Kūkai — temple town, cemeteries, and forest paths.
Okunoin and the Danjo Garan form a classic Japanese esoteric pilgrimage destination.
Pilgrimage circuits that include this place.
Interfaith
UNESCO network of mountain trails to the three Kumano grand shrines — Japan’s great syncretic pilgrimage of forest and waterfall.
East Asia
Mahayana
Stone-marker approach trail from Jison-in up to Mount Kōya — the classic walking entrance to Kūkai’s mountain.
East Asia
