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Shojoshin-in temple at Ichinohashi Bridge main entrance to Okunoin Cemetery, Japan's largest, Mount Kōya (Koyasan), Honshu.

Koyasan Special Head Temple Shojoshin-in (founded 834 AD; current building 150 years old) at Ichinohashi Bridge, the main entrance to Okunoin Cemetery, on Mount Kōya (Koyasan), Wakayama Prefecture, Honshu island, Japan. Okunoin (Oku-no-in, meaning 'inner sanctuary') is a sacred Buddhist site, cemetery, and major pilgrimage destination on Mount Kōya (Koyasan). Opened in 835, Okunoin contains the mausoleum of Kobo Daishi (aka Kukai), the founder of Shingon Buddhism and one of the most revered persons in Japan's religious history. Wishing to be close to Kobo Daishi in death to receive salvation, many people, including prominent monks and feudal lords, have had their tombstones erected here over the centuries. Okunoin is now the largest cemetery in Japan, with more than two hundred thousand graves and memorial monuments lining the two-kilometer approach to Kobo Daishi's mausoleum.

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Koyasan Special Head Temple Shojoshin-in (founded 834 AD; current building 150 years old) at Ichinohashi Bridge, the main entrance to Okunoin Cemetery, on Mount Kōya (Koyasan), Wakayama Prefecture, Honshu island, Japan. Okunoin (Oku-no-in, meaning 'inner sanctuary') is a sacred Buddhist site, cemetery, and major pilgrimage destination on Mount Kōya (Koyasan). Opened in 835, Okunoin contains the mausoleum of Kobo Daishi (aka Kukai), the founder of Shingon Buddhism and one of the most revered persons in Japan's religious history. Wishing to be close to Kobo Daishi in death to receive salvation, many people, including prominent monks and feudal lords, have had their tombstones erected here over the centuries. Okunoin is now the largest cemetery in Japan, with more than two hundred thousand graves and memorial monuments lining the two-kilometer approach to Kobo Daishi's mausoleum.
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