Shojoshin-in Temple - Mount Koya
Shojoshin-in is a Shingon temple at the edge of the Okuno-in cemetery on Koyasan. It has lodgings for pilgrims and tourists (shukubo), and delicious shojin ryori vegetarian food. The monks speak some English. |
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Main building of Shojoshinin Temple in April. |
Guests staying at the temple are invited to attend the morning service to make merit for ancestors and those buried in the nearby cemetery. |
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Moss covered front gate of Shojoshinin Temple. |
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View of pond and wisteria arbour behind Shojoshinin
Temple's pilgrim's lodgings. |
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Painted screens and futon in Shojoshinin Temple's
pilgrim's
lodgings. |
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The entrance to the Okunoin cemetery is beside
Shojoshinin Temple. |
