Muryōkōin, Mount Koya

#3 among attractions in Mount Koya

Temple, Buddhist architecture

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Muryōkōin is a temple of Koyasan Shingon Buddhism, located on Mount Kōya, Wakayama prefecture, Japan. Its name means "Temple of limitless light" and is the Japanese transliteration of Amitābha. ()

Coordinates: 34°12'54"N, 135°35'11"E

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Muryōkōin – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Kongōbu-ji, Koyasan Reihōkan, Kongō Sanmai-in, Koyasan University.

~820 ftSW
, Temple, Sacred and religious sites
Kongōbu-ji, Mount Koya
4 min walk • Nestled within the sacred Mount Koya in Wakayama, Japan, lies Kongōbu-ji, the head temple of the Shingon sect of Japanese Buddhism. Founded by Kobo Daishi, also known as Kukai, in 816, the temple has stood as a spiritual center for over a millennium.
0.4 miSW
Specialty museum, Art museum, Museum
Koyasan Reihōkan, Mount Koya
11 min walk • Kōyasan Reihōkan is an art museum on Kōya-san, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, 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.
~1790 ftS
Temple, Sacred and religious sites
Kongō Sanmai-in, Mount Koya
9 min walk • Kongō Sanmai-in is a minor temple complex on Mount Kōya in Japan, founded in 1211 by order of Hōjō Masako for posthumous soul of Minamoto no Yoritomo and renamed "Kongō Sanmai-in" in 1219 for that of Minamoto no Sanetomo.
~1170 ftS
Universities and schools, Buddhist architecture
Koyasan University, Mount Koya
6 min walk • Koyasan University is a private university in Mount Kōya, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. The predecessor of the school was established in 1886 as a monastic school for Shingon Buddhist monks, and it was chartered as a university in 1926.

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Which popular attractions are close to Muryōkōin?

Nearby attractions include Kongōbu-ji, Mount Koya (4 min walk), Koyasan University, Mount Koya (6 min walk), Kongō Sanmai-in, Mount Koya (9 min walk), Koyasan Reihōkan, Mount Koya (11 min walk).