Dry landscape garden (Banryutei) at Buddhist Shingon sect Kongobuji Temple on Mount Koya, Wakayama, Japan, Asia

Narrow rock garden at Kongobuji Temple, the Shingon Buddhist sect headquarters, on Mount Koya, Wakayama, Japan, Asia

Dry landscape garden (Banryutei) at Buddhist Shingon sect Kongobuji Temple on Mount Koya, Wakayama, Japan, Asia

Yakushi statue in the Kondo of To-ji Temple, a Shingon Buddhist temple in the Minami-ku ward of Kyoto, Japan, East Asia

Jizo statues and graves at Okunoin of Mount Koya, a sacred Buddhist site and cemetery. Opened in 835, it houses the mausoleum of Kūkai, founder of the Shingon school of esoteric Buddhism, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, East Asia

Jizo statues and graves at Okunoin of Mount Koya, a sacred Buddhist site and cemetery. Opened in 835, it houses the mausoleum of Kūkai, founder of the Shingon school of esoteric Buddhism, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, East Asia

Kongobuji, head temple of Koyasan Shingon Buddhism on Mount Koya, 'Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range' UNESCO World Heritage Site, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, East Asia

Jizo statues and graves at Okunoin of Mount Koya, a sacred Buddhist site and cemetery. Opened in 835, it houses the mausoleum of Kūkai, founder of the Shingon school of esoteric Buddhism, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, East Asia

Kong?bu-ji is the ecclesiastic head temple of Koyasan Shingon Buddhism, located on Mount K?ya, Wakayama prefecture, Japan

Kong?bu-ji is the ecclesiastic head temple of Koyasan Shingon Buddhism, located on Mount K?ya, Wakayama prefecture, Japan

Kong?bu-ji is the ecclesiastic head temple of Koyasan Shingon Buddhism, located on Mount K?ya, Wakayama prefecture, Japan

Kong?bu-ji is the ecclesiastic head temple of Koyasan Shingon Buddhism, located on Mount K?ya, Wakayama prefecture, Japan

A Bhuddist monk walks through a snow flurry in Koyasan, a centre for Shingon Esoteric Buddhism, Koyasan, Osaka, Japan