Mount Kōya photograph

Mount Kōya

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Locations Wakayama Prefecture
Japan
UNESCO World Heritage Site inscription 2004
Inscription2004 (28th session)
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
ID2606102
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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".

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