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Have you ever heard about Koyasan? I knew this place when I was travelling in Japan. I think this place is worth to visit when you are planning to travelling around Osaka. Where is Koyasan? What's make this place become the World Heritage? Let's check it out! Welcome to Koya-san! Brief Introduction Koya-san--a Holy Mountain is home to an active monastic center founded twelve centuries ago by the priest Kukai (posthumously known as Kobo Daishi) for the study and practice of Esoteric Buddhism. This sacred mountain, enveloped in a mysterious atmosphere, it's located in south of Osaka in Wakayama Prefecture and relatively close to the ancient capitals of Nara and Kyoto (about three-hour trip from both cities). Koya-san itself is a modifying word for Kongobu-ji, there is no mountain officially called Koya-san in Japan. Eireiden Koya-san is located in an 800 m high valley amid the eight peaks of the mountain (which was the reason this location was selected,...

My first ever travel to Japan has been an amazing experience. I'm travelling SOLO, I can't speak Japanese fluently, but I still enjoy it! For my first travel, I choose Osaka. Why Osaka? Well, because my friends said that Osaka_and the cities near it_has a lot of historic related sites and fill with Japanese culture as well. Besides Osaka, I went to Nara, Kobe, Kyoto, and Koyasan. Those four city are in Kansai Area but in the different prefecture, and you can reach those city from Osaka around 1 hour, except for Koyasan that need approximately 2.5 hour to reach there. Osaka Osaka itself has a lot of place to visit, there is Osaka Castle, Tsutenkaku Tower, Shinsekai, Dotonburi, Kuromon Ichiba Market, Hozenji Temple, Umeda Sky Building, Temporizan Feris Wheel and there's still plenty of place you can visit. You can choose whether you like to shopping, culinary or only just for sightseeing. Osaka Castle Sinsekai and Tsutenkaku Tower Dotonbori Na...

Kyoto is loaded with cultural heritage sites, that makes Kyoto become Japan's most important cultural tourism destination. One of the popular sites is Kinkaku-ji (The Golden Pavilion Temple), and this place is on my must visit place list in Kyoto. Brief History Kinkaku-ji, officialy named Rokuon-ji Temple is a shariden, a Buddhist hall containing relics of Buddha. Rokuon-ji is a Zen Buddhist temple, in the Shokokuji School of the Rinzai Sect. Kinkaku This area was originally the site of a villa called Kitayama-dai and owned by a statesman, Saionji Kintsune. Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, the 3rd shigun of the Muromachi period, took a liking to the area and acquired it from the Saionji familu in 1397. He then built his own villa, which he named Kitayama-den. The garden and buildings, centered on the Golden Pavilion were said to represent the Pure Land of Buddha in this world. The villa also functioned as an official guesthouse, welcoming Emperor Gokomatsu (Father of Zen...

Kitano Ijinkan Kitano Ijinkan is located in Kobe , the city near Osaka . You can take train from Osaka for about an hour to reach Kobe . In my one day tour to Kobe , Kitano Ijinkan is the first place that I visit. So, What’s kind of place is it? Let’s check it out! Brief Introduction Kitano Ijinkan Kitano Ijinkan is located in Kobe , Hyogo Prefecture , Japan . Kitano Ijinkan is a historical district which contains a number of foreign residences from the late Meiji and early Taisho eras, some still serving as residences, while the others opened to tourist. The amazing appearance of this unique historical construction will definitely enchanted you. Kitano Ijinkan is a place that can show you fully and lively about how the foreign culture was brought into Japan and how exactly it looked like at that time. One of the residence in Kitano Ijinkan Kitano Ijinkan was established in 1867, following the opening of Kobe Port for for...