Koyasan Promenade
This place, a treasure trove of stone Buddhas second only to Hozoin on Fukinoyama in Monno, Matsuzakicho, faces a mountain stream with sheer cliffs of strange rocks and is wrapped in a little-known atmosphere of tranquil silence.
In the past, ascetic practitioners such as Kobo Daishi and Mongaku Shonin are said to have stayed here at training sites, and it was a sacred area of Shingon esoteric Buddhism. Stone towers inscribed with "Namu Amida Butsu", a Bishamonten stone statue flanked by two child attendants, and many other moss-covered stone Buddhas stand quietly here, offering peace to visitors.
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