Wakayama Prefecture

Stone steps leading to Kongobuji Kongobuji temple (金剛峯寺, Kongōbu-ji , in the small sacred mountain town of Koyasan, is one of the most influential and significant temples in Japan. The temple was originally constructed in the late 1500’s by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, one of Japan’s most powerful historical figures, who commissioned a temple in memory in