🛕 Temples in Wakayama

Koyasan Okunoin

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...