Example sentences for: koyasan

How can you use “koyasan” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Koyasan was already known as a sacred site for ascetic practices when Kobo Daishi, a revered Buddhist priest, teacher, and scholar, received imperial permission to establish a religious community to develop his new Shingon sect in 816.

  • The mausoleum of the kukai (“great teacher,” as he is known) is located at the deepest reaches of Okunoin, Japan’s most famous cemetery and one of Koyasan’s biggest draws.

  • Well over a million ancestor-worshipping Japanese descend on Koyasan and Okunoin on major public holidays, especially those commemorating the dead.

  • Farther south is Koyasan, the center of the Shingon branch of esoteric Buddhism and one of Japan’s most important religious enclaves.


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