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Mount Kōya

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Also known as Koyasan, Kōyasan, Kōya-san

Buddhist temple complex and settlement in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan

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Location
Wakayama Prefecture , Japan
Part of
Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range
Criteria
Cultural: ii, iii, iv, vi
Inscription
2004 (28th Session )
Coordinates
34°12′45″N 135°35′11″E / 34.21250°N 135.58639°E / 34.21250; 135.58639

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Elevation
885
Image
Danjogaran Koyasan12n3200.jpg
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Commons category
Mount Kōya
name in kana
こうやさん
inception
0810-00-00
postal code
648-0211
native label
高野山
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Mount Kōya (高野山, Kōya-san) is a large temple settlement in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan to the south of Osaka. In the strictest sense, Mount Kōya is the mountain name (sangō) of Kongōbu-ji Temple, the ecclesiastical headquarters of the Kōyasan sect of Shingon Buddhism.

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