Wakayama
Ito district
Kōya Chō

Mount Koya

Mount Kōya is a mountain in Wakayama prefecture to the south of , , primarily known as the headquarters of the Shingon sect of Japanese Buddhism.
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  • Type: Quarter
  • Description: Buddhist temple complex and settlement in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan
  • Also known as: “Kōya-san”, “Koyasan”, “Kōyasan”, “Mount Kōya”, and “大字高野山”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kongobu-ji and Reihokan Museum.

Buddhist temple
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Kongōbu-ji is the ecclesiastic head temple of Kōyasan Shingon Buddhism, located on Mount Kōya, , . Its name means Temple of the Diamond Mountain Peak.

Museum
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Kōyasan Reihōkan is an art museum on Kōya-san, , , preserving and displaying Buddhist art owned by temples on Kōya-san. The collection is centered around articles from the Heian and Kamakura periods and includes paintings, calligraphy, sutras, sculpture and Buddhist ritual objects.

Railway station
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is a passenger railway station in the town of , , , , operated by the private railway company Nankai Electric Railway.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kōya.

Town
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is a town located in , , . As of 30 November 2021, the town had an estimated population of 2,812, in 1,575 households.

Mount Koya

Latitude
34.2121° or 34° 12′ 44″ north
Longitude
135.582° or 135° 34′ 55″ east
Elevation
830 metres (2,723 feet)
Open location code
8Q6Q6H6J+RR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 8735601530
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­quarter
Geo­Names ID
1858606
Wiki­data ID
Q535065
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Yue Chinese—“Mount Koya” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Կոյա սան”
  • Catalan: “Kōya-san”
  • Catalan: “Kōyasan”
  • Catalan: “mont Kōya”
  • Catalan: “Mont Kōya”
  • Cebuano: “Kōya-san”
  • Chinese: “高野山”
  • Czech: “Kója”
  • Dutch: “Koyasan”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل كويا”
  • Esperanto: “Monto Koja”
  • Finnish: “Kōyavuori”
  • French: “Kōya-san”
  • French: “Kōyasan”
  • French: “mont Kōya”
  • French: “Mont Kōya”
  • German: “Kōya-san”
  • German: “Kōya”
  • Greek: “Κōγια-σαν”
  • Greek: “Κōγιασαν”
  • Greek: “Κόγια-σαν”
  • Greek: “Κόγιασαν”
  • Greek: “Όρος Κōγια”
  • Greek: “Όρος Κόγια”
  • Hebrew: “הר קויה”
  • Hungarian: “Kója-hegy”
  • Indonesian: “Gunung Kōya”
  • Italian: “Monte Kōya”
  • Japanese: “Kōya-san”
  • Japanese: “こうやさん”
  • Japanese: “高野山”
  • Korean: “고야산”
  • Ladin: “Kōya-san”
  • Lithuanian: “Kojos kalnas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kōyafjellet”
  • Norwegian: “Kōya-fjellet”
  • Persian: “کوه کویا”
  • Polish: “Kōya-san”
  • Portuguese: “Monte Koya”
  • Russian: “Коя-сан”
  • Slovak: “Kója”
  • Slovenian: “gora Koja”
  • Spanish: “Monte Koya”
  • Spanish: “Monte Kōya”
  • Swedish: “Kōyaberget”
  • Tatar: “Көя тавы”
  • Turkish: “Kōya Dağı”
  • Ukrainian: “Коя”
  • Venetian: “Monte Kōya”
  • Vietnamese: “Núi Koya”
  • Welsh: “Kōyasan”
  • Wu Chinese: “高野山”
  • Yue Chinese: “高野山”

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