WELCOME TO WAKAYAMA!: Taking on Traditions – Dig More Japan
mount Koya a sacred site in Shingong Buddhism it began with the school set up by Mount Kobul Daishi some 1200 years ago mount Koya’s Tu Gayabu district legend has it that Kul Daiishi struck the ground with his cane creating a spring with lush greenery three years ago the unates moved here from Nada to live in the country most of the houses are vacant older residents have moved to where it’s not so steep so it’s just the unates and one other person living here they try to keep the village traditions alive a small shrine to Korea this pilgrimage is Unat’s duty the annual day of remembrance for Kobo Dishi those who’ve left the village return to celebrate this [Music] day foreign
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Newcomers to a village high atop a sacred mountain adopt the traditions of their close-knit community.
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