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1．Kōya, Wakayama
Kōya (高野町, Kōya-chō) is a town located in Ito District, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. As of 30 November 2021, the town had an estimated population of 2,812 in 1575 households and a population density of 21 persons per km². The total area of the town is 137.03 square kilometres (52.91 sq mi). The town is known as the headquarters of the Shingon sect of Japanese Buddhism.
population：2,786人 area：137.03km2
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Kōya, Wakayama in Temple

1．Kongō Sanmai-in  ・
Kongō Sanmai-in (金剛三昧院, Kongō Sanmai-in) is a minor temple complex on Mount Kōya in Japan, founded in 1211 by order of Hōjō Masako for posthumous soul of Minamoto no Yoritomo and renamed "Kongō Sanmai-in" in 1219 for that of Minamoto no Sanetomo. The temple houses a hibutsu ("secret Buddha") statue which is generally hidden and displayed for only one day every five hundred years. It will next be on display in the late 2400s.[1]
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2．Kongōbu-ji  ・132 Kōyasan, Kōya-chō, Ito-gun, Wakayama Prefecture  ・Kōyasan School of Shingon Buddhism
Kongōbu-ji (金剛峯寺) is the ecclesiastic head temple of Kōyasan Shingon Buddhism, located on Mount Kōya (高野山, Kōya-san), Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. Its name means Temple of the Diamond Mountain Peak. It is part of the "Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range" UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Kōya, Wakayama in Museum

3．Koyasan Reihōkan  ・
Kōyasan Reihōkan (高野山　霊宝館, lit. "Kōyasan Museum of Sacred Treasures") is an art museum on Kōya-san, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, preserving and displaying Buddhist art owned by temples on Kōya-san. The collection is centered around articles from the Heian and Kamakura periods and includes paintings, calligraphy, sutras, sculpture and Buddhist ritual objects. Among these are a set of the complete Buddhist canon (issaikyō), writings of Kūkai and Minamoto no Yoritomo, founder of the Kamakura Shogunate, mandalas and portraits of priests. The most valuable objects have been designated as National Treasure or Important Cultural Property.[1][2][3]
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Kōya, Wakayama in station

4．Kii-Kamiya Station  ・Kamiya, Kōya-chō, Ito-gun, Wakayama-ken 648-0262Japan
Kii-Kamiya Station (紀伊神谷駅, Kii-Kamiya-eki) is a passenger railway station in the town of Kōya, Ito District, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway company Nankai Electric Railway.
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5．Kii-Hosokawa Station  ・732, Hosokawa, Kōya-chō, Ito-gun, Wakayama-ken 648-0262Japan
Kii-Hosokawa Station (紀伊細川駅, Kii-Hosokawa-eki) is a passenger railway station in the town of Kōya, Ito District, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway company Nankai Electric Railway.[1]
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6．Kōyasan Station  ・Kōyasan Kokuyūrin Dai9rinhan-no-ha, Kōya-chō, Ito-gun, Wakayama-ken 648-0211Japan
Kōyasan Station (高野山駅, Kōyasan-eki) is a passenger railway station in the town of Kōya, Ito District, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway company Nankai Electric Railway.
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7．Gokurakubashi Station  ・Kōyasan Kokuyūrin Dai8rinhan, Kōya-chō, Ito-gun, Wakayama-ken 648-0171Japan
Gokurakubashi Station (極楽橋駅, Gokurakubashi-eki) is a junction passenger railway station in located in the town of Kōya, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, operated by the private railway company Nankai Electric Railway.
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Kōya, Wakayama in Mountain

8．Mount Kōya
Mount Kōya (高野山, Kōya-san) is a large temple settlement in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan to the south of Osaka. In the strictest sense, Mount Kōya is the mountain name (sangō) of Kongōbu-ji Temple, the ecclesiastical headquarters of the Kōyasan sect of Shingon Buddhism.[1]
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