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The Innermost Temple of Mt. Koya, by Ikuo HIRAYAMA
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#red #green #blue #orange #gold #black #mantra #esoteric #buddhism #ekoin #koyasan #mtkoya #japan #nippon #landoftherisingsun #peace #shalom #salam #worldpeace #payitforward (at Mount Kōya)

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Day 8: Mt Koya to Hiroshima 1. What a feast! A traditional Buddhist vegetarian meal, feat. lots of things we couldn't name, and flavours we didn't expect. And green tea and steamed rice. 2-7. Some picturesque highlights of the cemetery near our temple, which went on for many kilometers. We also walked it at night which was creepy and spirited away-esque. We both felt like Chihiro afraid we were going to turn into pigs. 8. We made it to Hiroshima! We were staying in a very lovely quiet, elderly part of town 15 minutes walk from the Peace Park, so we trammed into Honduri for the night. 9. We found a craft beer bar in town, thanks to google maps, and of course it was full of tourists. 10. And we had okonomiyaki and it was FUCKING INCREDIBLE. Not pictured: more karaoke, including Michael serenading me with I'm All Out Of Love, and my disdain when the waiter interrupted a flawless rap of King Kunta to deliver our drinks.

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Day 7: Mt Koya

1 & 2. It was a long long day of travelling to Mt Koya, but luckily there were things to occupy our time while we travelled, like cute japanese kids, and an incredible view, particularly while in the cable car up the mountain.

3-7. We explored the many temples and beautiful gardens of the mountain, including a little tea ceremony in a large hall. A visiting couple saw us wandering aimlessly and brought us our own tea and biscuits to have; people are just SO goddamn nice here.

8. We stayed at a lovely Shukubo (buddist temple stay) near the middle of town, with possibly the best view outside a room one could hope for. We were greeted by a buddhist monk and seemed to be the only people staying apart from a party of 6 older japanese guests who were very noisy but lovely.

9-10. As part of the stay we had robes to dress in after bathing, but unfortunately we were too late to bathe, and just pretended we were samurais/geishas instead. Our sleep on the futon floor was quite comfy, and the vegetarian dinner was quite interesting... more pictures to come!