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Things to do in Koyasan, Japan for an unforgettable trip

Things to do in Koyasan, Japan for an unforgettable trip
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Nobuhiro Tamura: 'Those who need spirituality will find it themselves'

A fan of 1990s hip-hop and electronic music, former Buddhist monk Nobuhiro Tamura has opened a bar on Mount Koya to talk to people about good tunes, spirituality and whatever else they like. ....

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Japan's Okunoin Cemetery, Est. 816 AD: Graveyard for 200,000 Monks

Okunoin, the largest cemetery in Japan and home to 200,000 Shingon Buddhist monk graves, dates to the early 9th century AD and at night it’s an eerie place. ....

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'Tree Burials' Gain Popularity in Japan as Thoughtful Alternative

By Margherita Cole on July 6, 2021
View from Okunoin Cemetery in Koyasan, Japan. (Photo: Stock Photos from smshoot/Shutterstock)
The world is running out of space to bury the dead, so people are searching for respectful and environmentally friendly solutions. In Hong Kong, this means building vertical cemeteries and encouraging cremation, and in the greater Seattle area, this means offering a service to turn humans into compost. Similarly, Japan is promoting Jumokusō, or “tree burials,” as an alternative to traditional gravesites.
This relatively new concept was first proposed in 1999 by Shounji Temple in northern Japan. It requires the deceased to be cremated and buried in the ground, upon which a tree will be planted instead of a headstone. This option gives families the opportunity to perform the same religious rituals that would be traditionally done at stone markers respec ....

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Wakayama: The land of the gods - Japan Today

Wakayama: The land of the gods
May 1
06:12 am JST
May 1 | 06:54 am JST
WAKAYAMA
Just a couple of hours south of the electric city of Osaka, there’s a place where ancient pathways lead to hidden shrines shrouded in mist; where monks worship waterfalls and mystical forests float.
Located on the remote Kii peninsula on the southern coast of Kansai, Wakayama Prefecture makes up a large part of the UNESCO World Heritage Sacred Sites and pilgrimage routes called the Kumano Kodo. All of the Kumano Kodo pilgrimage trails lead to the Three Grand Shrines of Kumano in the mountains of southeastern Wakayama. ....

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