Mount Kōya
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Locations | Wakayama Prefecture |
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Japan | |
UNESCO World Heritage Site inscription | 2004 |
Inscription | 2004 (28th session) |
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ID | 2606102 |
About Mount Kōya
Mount Kōya is the common name of a huge temple settlement in Wakayama Prefecture to the south of Osaka. In the strict sense, Kōya-san is the so-called "mountain name" sangō of the Kongōbu-Temple, the ecclesiastical headquarters of the "Koyasan Shingon School".