Mount Koya Starts celebrating 1,200-year anniversary

KOYA, JAPAN - APRIL 02: Yokozuna, sumo grand champion Harumafuji perfroms the 'Dohyo-iri', ring purification ritual at the newly reconstructed Garan Chumon gate for the memorial ceremony to mark the 1,200th anniversary of its founding at Mount Koya on April 2, 2015 in Koya, Wakayama, Japan. Mount Koya is bracing for some 300,000 visitors during a 50-day special service starting April 2 to commemorate the 1,200-year anniversary of its founding as a monastery for Buddhist training. Mount Koyasan was founded by the revered monk Kukai (774-835), also known as Kobo Daishi, in 816 and serves as the headquarters of the Koyasan Shingon sect, which he founded. (Photo by The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)
KOYA, JAPAN - APRIL 02: Yokozuna, sumo grand champion Harumafuji perfroms the 'Dohyo-iri', ring purification ritual at the newly reconstructed Garan Chumon gate for the memorial ceremony to mark the 1,200th anniversary of its founding at Mount Koya on April 2, 2015 in Koya, Wakayama, Japan. Mount Koya is bracing for some 300,000 visitors during a 50-day special service starting April 2 to commemorate the 1,200-year anniversary of its founding as a monastery for Buddhist training. Mount Koyasan was founded by the revered monk Kukai (774-835), also known as Kobo Daishi, in 816 and serves as the headquarters of the Koyasan Shingon sect, which he founded. (Photo by The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)
Mount Koya Starts celebrating 1,200-year anniversary
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