Festival celebrating famed Buddhist monk's birthday

Festival celebrating famed Buddhist monk's birthday

Aoba Matsuri, a festival celebrating the birthday of Buddhist monk Kukai (774-835) -- posthumously known as Kobo Daishi and the founder of the Shingon school of Buddhism -- is held on June 9, 2024, in the Wakayama prefecture town of Koya, western Japan, where he opened the Kongobuji temple in 816.

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