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”Choishimichi” Walk…7 |
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| Reaching stone marker 40 you are again on Koyasan road. Right and left
hands are curves and so be careful of cars in crossing the street. Climbing up
a little bit far and you will find a summer house for a rest. Finally arriving
on the top of the gradient you have to descend to the road and in front of you
is stonemarker 37. Close to stonemarker 36 is “Riseki” 4. Near stonemarker 27
is the “mirror stone”. Once, in Hanasaka village, there was a daughter with 12
horns on her head who cried all the time. When Kukai dropped by, he said: “Give
birth to 12 children. Everytime you give birth, each horn of yours will come
off.” This “mirror stone” is called “the miracle of a full-length mirror”. On
stone marker 12 the name of Adachi Yasumori is engraved. From stonemarker 12
starts a steep gradient which requests your last power. Arriving on top of the gradient, in front of
your eyes the “Daimon”, the Great Entrance Gate to Koyasan appears. The two
guardians, Nio-sama, welcome you with a smile. |
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On stone marker 41, the title
and name of an officer is engraved as follows: |
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the Koyasan road once more and you will reach the stone marker 40 |
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You will find the summer house after climbing up to the top of a small
platform. On the panoramic side of Kinokawa in front of your eyes one mountain
after one piled up like tatamis……….as expected, Kishu is a mountain country. |
Stone marker 39, 38, 37 are on the Koyasan road |
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Stone marker 36 |
Near stone marker 36, the “Riseki”4 |
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“Mirror stone”, where figures were reflected. People say, if you sit on
the corner and recite mantras, your wishes will become true. |
Stone marker 21 is mostly buried |
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On stone marker 10 the name of Hojo Tokimune, the 6th first
minister of the Kamakura Shogunate, is engraved, whose role was interpreted by
the famous Japanese actor Izumi Motoya in the
television drama “Taiga” of NHK. The stone marker is a donation from
Hojo Tokimune. |
Daimon, Great Entrance Gate to Koyasan which runs together with the Entrance of
the Dragon God. |
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Looking up with sweat running down over your face, you will feel as if
the giant guardian deity , Ni-ou were smiling at you. |
You will see stone marker 6 on your left just after going through the
gate. |
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