Overview
A vermilion pagoda in the Danjo Garan on Mount Koya, held to be the first tahoto form built in Japan.
About this place
A vermilion-lacquered great pagoda on Mt. Koya in Koya, Wakayama, built as a symbol of Shingon esoteric Buddhism. Completed over about 70 years across two generations, Kobo Daishi Kukai and Shinzen, it is the first pagoda in the Tahoto style built in Japan. The whole interior is said to represent a mandala in three dimensions, and the principal image is Taizo Dainichi Nyorai. Admission is 500 yen for junior high school students and older, and free for elementary school students and under.
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