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Koya San Wakayama Osaka - October 2017 - Daimon Gate, the Ancient Main Entrance to Koyasan Mt. Koya in Wakayama. Mount Koya San is the center of Shingon Buddhism, an important Buddhist sect which was introduced to Japan in 805 by Kobo Daishi also known as Kukai, one of Japan`s most significant religious figures. A small, secluded temple town has developed around the sect`s headquarters that Kobo Daishi built on Koyasan`s wooded mountaintop. It is also the site of Kobo Daishi`s mausoleum and the start and end point of the Shikoku 88 Temple Pilgrimage.