Top Things to do in Ito-gun
The 10 Best Sacred & Religious Sites in Ito-gun, Kinki
Discover the best top things to do in Ito-gun, Japan including Koyasan Okunoin, Nishirin-ji Temple, Kongobu-ji Temple, Koyasan Danjo Garan, Kongosanmaiin, Aritoshi Shrine, Niusakadono Shrine, Niutsuhime Shrine, Kumagai-ji Temple, Torodo Temple.
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1. Koyasan Okunoin
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 1,261 reviews
Reviewed By ggm96822 - Honolulu, United States
A place to let your soul re-awaken. Having last stayed in a monastery here 19 years ago, before it was added to the World Heritage list, I was apprehensive about returning, having heard of busloads of noisy tourists overunning everything, but it defies defilement; one of the world's truly sacred spaces. Early morning and dusk are the best time to visit, early there are monks chanting, at dusk as the shadows fall the 200,000 tombs of the cedar forest begin to stir quietly.
2. Nishirin-ji Temple
3. Kongobu-ji Temple
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 504 reviews
Reviewed By AB_Stb_OZ - Oud-Zuilen, The Netherlands
Kongobu-ji temple is the center of the Shogun Buddhist community. There are many temples and subtemples and there is an interesting (huge) Zen Garden. Staff is highly accomodating to visitors.
4. Koyasan Danjo Garan
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 374 reviews
Reviewed By ggm96822 - Honolulu, United States
This is the spot where Kobo Daishi found the vajra he had hurled to determine where to build a monastery, 1200 years ago. Around twenty beautiful temples and pagodas, including the bright vermillion "great pagoda," Konpon Daito, rebuilt in the 1930s and kept freshly painted. Early in the morning, there are monks chanting in the Kondo (the main pavilion) and the 'no entry' apparently only applies to tour groups, a monk nodded me in without any objection.
5. Kongosanmaiin
6. Aritoshi Shrine
7. Niusakadono Shrine
8. Niutsuhime Shrine
9. Kumagai-ji Temple
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 25 reviews
10. Torodo Temple
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 41 reviews
Reviewed By AB_Stb_OZ - Oud-Zuilen, The Netherlands
This temple is just in front of the mausoleum of Kobe Daishi Kukai ( the founder of Shogun Buddhism in Japan. It is a place of peace and inspiration, particularly during the morning chanting of the monks at 5am.
