I stayed in a Japanese hotel in Kudoyama-cho and cycled up to Mt. Koya-san. By chance, the Bon Festival was going on, and I could see farewell bonfires at Sanadaan in Kudoyama.
Kongohbuji temple is on Mt. Koya-san. It rises 750m from the foot of the mountain. This temple is the head temple of Shingon Buddhism.
Its burial ground is packed with the daimyo's graves from the Edo era.
When the property usage donation is not paid every year, the grave is destroyed, and the right to use it is sold to a different person.
This stable business model is lasting 400 years.
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