🛕 Temples in Wakayama

Koyasan Okunoin

The most sacred site on Mount Koya, featuring Japan's largest cemetery along a mystical forest pa...

Danjo Garan

Koyasan's Central Temple Complex and the Great Konpon Daito Pagoda

One of the two sacred centres of Koyasan, a sanctuary of halls and gates around the vermilion Kon...

Jison-in

Kukai's Mother's Temple at the Foot of Koyasan, Where the Choishi-michi Begins

A small Shingon temple by the Kinokawa river where, by tradition, Kukai's mother lived out her li...

Seiganto-ji

First Temple of the Saikoku Pilgrimage and the Pagoda Above Nachi Falls

The Tendai temple beside Kumano Nachi Taisha and the first stop of the Saikoku 33 Kannon pilgrima...

Kimii-dera

Hillside Temple Known for Early Cherry Blossoms

A hillside temple founded in 770, the second stop on the Saigoku Kannon pilgrimage, reached by 23...

Fudarakusan-ji

The Nachi Beach Temple Where Monks Set Sail, Sealed In, for Kannon's Paradise

A small Tendai temple by Nachi beach, a branch of Seiganto-ji, where monks once set out in small ...

Dojo-ji

Wakayama's Oldest Temple and Home of the Anchin-Kiyohime Legend

The oldest temple in Wakayama, famed for the tragic Anchin-Kiyohime bell legend and for the livel...

Kongobu-ji

Head Temple of Koyasan and Shingon Buddhism

The administrative head temple of the Koyasan Shingon school, known for its sweeping tiled roof, ...

Negoro-ji

A 1547 Pagoda That Survived Hideyoshi, and You Can Go Inside

Head temple of the Shingi Shingon school in the hills of Iwade, northern Wakayama. Its Daito, fin...