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Top 10 Sights & Landmarks in Ito-gun, Kinki
Discover the best top things to do in Ito-gun, Japan including Koyasan Okunoin, Mt. Funaoka, Peace Statue, Hanazono Ajisaien, Kongobu-ji Temple, Koyasan Danjo Garan, Koyasan Choishimichi, Aritoshi Shrine, Niusakadono Shrine, Niutsuhime Shrine.
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1. Koyasan Okunoin
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5.0 based on 1,261 reviews
Reviewed By ggm96822 - Honolulu, United States
A place to let your soul re-awaken. Having last stayed in a monastery here 19 years ago, before it was added to the World Heritage list, I was apprehensive about returning, having heard of busloads of noisy tourists overunning everything, but it defies defilement; one of the world's truly sacred spaces. Early morning and dusk are the best time to visit, early there are monks chanting, at dusk as the shadows fall the 200,000 tombs of the cedar forest begin to stir quietly.
2. Mt. Funaoka
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5.0 based on 1 reviews
3. Peace Statue
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5.0 based on 2 reviews
A giant statue of the guardian deity Jizo, 22 m in overall height, stands in Katsuragi Town on the slope of Mount Koya, in Wakayama Prefecture. Prayer Stones collected from over the world are enshrined at the foot of the statue. This Peace Statue facing north is praying intently with the spirit of the stones for a peaceful world every day.
4. Hanazono Ajisaien
5. Kongobu-ji Temple
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4.5 based on 504 reviews
Reviewed By AB_Stb_OZ - Oud-Zuilen, The Netherlands
Kongobu-ji temple is the center of the Shogun Buddhist community. There are many temples and subtemples and there is an interesting (huge) Zen Garden. Staff is highly accomodating to visitors.
6. Koyasan Danjo Garan
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4.5 based on 374 reviews
Reviewed By ggm96822 - Honolulu, United States
This is the spot where Kobo Daishi found the vajra he had hurled to determine where to build a monastery, 1200 years ago. Around twenty beautiful temples and pagodas, including the bright vermillion "great pagoda," Konpon Daito, rebuilt in the 1930s and kept freshly painted. Early in the morning, there are monks chanting in the Kondo (the main pavilion) and the 'no entry' apparently only applies to tour groups, a monk nodded me in without any objection.
7. Koyasan Choishimichi
8. Aritoshi Shrine
9. Niusakadono Shrine
10. Niutsuhime Shrine
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