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MT. KOYA, JAPAN: KOYASAN ~ DANJO GARAN, PT. 2

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11nov14. Koyasan, Japan.

MT. KOYA, JAPAN: KOYASAN~ DANJO GARAN, PT. 1

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Danjo Garan is one of the two most sacred sites in Koyasan. Koyasan was founded right here on this ground, in the 9th Century.

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11nov14. Koyasan, Japan.

MT. KOYA, JAPAN: KOYASAN~OKUNOIN CEMETERY PT. 3

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MT. KOYA, JAPAN: ONE RED LEAF

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11nov14. Koyasan, Japan.

MT. KOYA, JAPAN: KOYASAN~OKUNOIN CEMETERY PT. 2

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Giant cedar trees in an immense graveyard, winding paths…

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MT. KOYA, JAPAN: KOYASAN~OKUNOIN CEMETERY PT. 1

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Kukai’s mausoleum is here. Kūkai (空海), also known posthumously as Kōbō-Daishi (弘法大師 The Grand Master Who Propagated the Buddhist Teaching) – created a retreat in Mt. Koya in 816. (wiki)

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MT. KOYA, JAPAN: KOYASAN ~ AUTUMNAL SUNSHINE

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“I cannot endure to waste anything so precious as autumnal sunshine by staying in the house.” [Notebook, Oct. 10, 1842]”
― Nathaniel Hawthorne

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MT. KOYA (KOYASAN), JAPAN: THE YEAR’S LAST, LOVELIEST SMILE

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“Autumn…the year’s last, loveliest smile.” ― William Cullen Bryant

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