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Gunma Bank and Daishi Hokuetsu Financial Group Business Integration Conference

Gunma Bank and Daishi Hokuetsu Financial Group management integration press conference. Photo shows, from right, Akihiko Fukai, President of Gunma Bank, and Michirou Ueguri, President of Daishi Hokuetsu Financial Group.=April 24,2025,Japan

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Gunma Bank and Daishi Hokuetsu Financial Group Business Integration Conference

Gunma Bank and Daishi Hokuetsu Financial Group management integration press conference. Photo shows, from right, Akihiko Fukai, President of Gunma Bank, and Michirou Ueguri, President of Daishi Hokuetsu Financial Group.=April 24,2025,Japan

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Gunma Bank and Daishi Hokuetsu Financial Group Business Integration Conference

Gunma Bank and Daishi Hokuetsu Financial Group management integration press conference. Photo shows, from right, Akihiko Fukai, President of Gunma Bank, and Michirou Ueguri, President of Daishi Hokuetsu Financial Group.=April 24,2025,Japan

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Gunma Bank and Daishi Hokuetsu Financial Group Business Integration Conference

Gunma Bank and Dai-ichi Hokuetsu Financial Group management integration press conference. Photo shows, from right, Takeo Uchibori, Senior Managing Director of Gunma Bank, Akihiko Fukai, President of Gunma Bank, Michirou Ueguri, President of Daishi Hokuetsu Financial Group, and Ken Shibata, Senior Managing Director of Daishi Hokuetsu Financial Group.=April 24,2025,Japan

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Religious dance at western Japan temple

An "Otaiya" religious dance is performed at Buddhist Shingon-sect Kongobu-ji temple on Mt. Koya in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on April 17, 2025, in honor of the sect's founder Kukai (774-835), posthumously known as Kobo Daishi.

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Religious dance at western Japan temple

An "Otaiya" religious dance is performed at Buddhist Shingon-sect Kongobu-ji temple on Mt. Koya in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on April 17, 2025, in honor of the sect's founder Kukai (774-835), posthumously known as Kobo Daishi.

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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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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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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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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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1,250th anniversary of Kukai's birth

Monks take part in an event to mark the 1,250th anniversary of the birth of Kukai, a revered Buddhist priest also known as Kobo Daishi, at Hase temple in Sakurai, Nara Prefecture, western Japan, on May 15, 2023.

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1,250th anniversary of Kukai's birth

Monks take part in an event to mark the 1,250th anniversary of the birth of Kukai, a revered Buddhist priest also known as Kobo Daishi, at Hase temple in Sakurai, Nara Prefecture, western Japan, on May 15, 2023.

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Monks follow pilgrimage of Shingon founder as training

OSAKA, Japan - Monks walk in Koya, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on May 30, 2014, as they proceed along a 55-kilometer pilgrimage that Kobo Daishi (774-835), founder of the Shingon school of Buddhism, is believed to have walked in his youth.

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Monks follow pilgrimage of Shingon founder as training

OSAKA, Japan - Monks read sutras in Koya, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on May 30, 2014, as they proceed along a 55-kilometer pilgrimage that Kobo Daishi (774-835), founder of the Shingon school of Buddhism, is believed to have walked in his youth.

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Monks follow pilgrimage of Shingon founder as training

OSAKA, Japan - Monks depart from Kinpusenji, a temple in Yoshino, Nara Prefecture, on May 28, 2014, as they hit the road for a 55-kilometer pilgrimage that Kobo Daishi (774-835), founder of the Shingon school of Buddhism, is believed to have walked in his youth.

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Festival held to commemorate Kobo Daishi's birthday

HASHIMOTO, Japan - The "Aoba Matsuri," a festival to commemorate the birthday of Kobo Daishi, founder of the Shingon school of Buddhism, is held in Koya Town, Wakayama Prefecture, on June 15, 2015.

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4 girls chosen for Aoba Festa in western Japan

HASHIMOTO, Japan - Four girls selected for the Aoba Festival pose for photos in the town of Koya, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, with local mascot character "Koyakun" on May 19. The June 15 festival celebrates the birth of Kobo Daishi, the founder of Shingon Buddhism and Kongobuji, the head temple of Koyasan Shingon Buddhism.

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Manjusri image at Chikurin-ji temple unveiled for 1st time in 50 years

KOCHI, Japan - "Monju Bosatsu, " an image of Manjusri, sitting atop a roaring lion, which symbolizes the powerful voice of Buddhist Law and the power of Buddhism to overcome all obstacles, goes on display to the public on April 25, 2014 for the first time in 50 years at Chikurin-ji, a Shingon temple in Kochi, Kochi Prefecture, western Japan. The temple is number 31 on the Shikoku 88 temple pilgrimage said to be launched by Kukai, a renowned monk also known as Kobo Daishi, 1,200 years ago. The display is open to the public through May 25. (Pool photo by Kochi Shimbun).

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100,000 candles lit to honor spirits of ancestors

Some 20,000 people gather and light candles at a temple in Koyasan, Wakayama Prefecture, Aug. 13 to honor the spirits of ancestors. The ritual, called ''bon'' festival, is traditionally observed in mid-August in Japan. Some 100,000 candles were lit along a two-kilometer path leading to the grave of Kukai, or Kobo Daishi, a Buddhist priest of the early Heian period (794-1185).

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West Japan temple opens famed founder Kukai's statue to public

Visitors offer prayers in front of a statue of Buddhist monk Kukai enshrined at Kongobuji, the head temple of the Koyasan Shingon sect of Buddhism, in Koya, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on its public opening day of Oct. 1, 2015. Kukai, posthumously known as Kobo Daishi and founder of the sect, also established the temple in the Koyasan mountain range, a UNESCO World Heritage site. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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West Japan temple opens famed founder Kukai's statue to public

A statue of Buddhist monk Kukai is opened to the public on Oct. 1, 2015, for a month-long run at Kongobuji, the head temple of the Koyasan Shingon sect of Buddhism, in Koya, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan. Kukai, posthumously known as Kobo Daishi and founder of the sect, also established the temple in the Koyasan mountain range, a UNESCO World Heritage site. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Minamisanriku drum group dedicates performance at Mt. Koya

A Japanese drum group from the 2011 tsunami-hit Minamisanriku Town, Miyagi Prefecture, performs at Danjo Garan, the central area of Mt. Koya where major Buddhist services are conducted, in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on April 11, 2015. A series of events to mark the 1,200th anniversary of the founding of the Mt. Koya monastery by Kobo Daishi are being held from April 2 to May 21. Koyasan Shingon Buddhist sect has donated 11 drums to the group, which lost their drums in the disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Drum performance of Minamisanriku dedicated to Mt. Koya

Members of a Japanese drum group from the 2011 tsunami-hit Minamisanriku Town, Miyagi Prefecture, perform at Danjo Garan, the central area of Mt. Koya where major Buddhist services are conducted, in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on April 11, 2015. A series of events to mark the 1,200th anniversary of the founding of the Mt. Koya monastery by Kobo Daishi are being held from April 2 to May 21. Koyasan Shingon Buddhist sect has donated 11 drums to the group, which lost their drums in the disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Outreach, schools and teachers seek to build help for LGBT minors

Photo taken May 17, 2016, shows students at Daishi High School in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, listening to Subaru Yamashita, a member of Tokyo-based LGBT support group ReBit, during an outreach program. Yamashita identifies himself as a member of a sexual minority. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo snapshot: Nishiarai Daishi temple's well, origin of place name

Photo taken on Oct. 21, 2015, shows an old well at Nishiarai Daishi temple in Tokyo, built in 826 by legendary monk Kukai, also known as Kobo Daishi. Legend has it that water from the well cured plague. As the well is located on the west side of the temple's grounds, it was called "Nishiarai," literally a new well in the west. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo snapshot: People throng around Nishiarai Daishi's hall

Photo taken on Oct. 21, 2015, shows many elderly people in the precincts of Nishiarai Daishi temple's Komyoden hall in Tokyo, where normally Buddhist memorial services are conducted. The place was noisy that day, with a campaign under way by an "enka" Japanese ballad singer. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo snapshot: Approach to Nishiarai Daishi evokes image of Showa

Photo taken on Oct. 21, 2015, shows the approach to Nishiarai Daishi temple in Tokyo, built in 826 by legendary monk Kukai, also known as Kobo Daishi, as a citadel of the Shingon sect of Buddhism. It is lined with various small shops reminiscent of an atmosphere of the Showa era (1926-1989). (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Wisteria trellis at a teahouse,the Nakasendo Road

Wisteria blossoms on Nakasendo probably refers to the wisteria at Ushijima (present-day Ushijima in Kasukabe City, Saitama Prefecture), but this is not certain. If so, however, this would be the Shingon Sect Rengein Temple grounds where wisterias, said to have been planted by Kobo Daishi (the founder of the Shingon Sect), still can be found today. The wisteria trees are 1,200 years old, and the plot is some 700 square meters in area. The trees were designated a National Natural Monument in 1928. A private company called Tokaen currently manages the garden.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number88‐34‐0]

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The Great Bell Tower,Kawasaki Daishi Temple

Heikenji, head temple of the Chizan School of the Buddhist Shingon Sect, is commonly referred to as Kawasaki Daishi. Under the old treaties, the areas where foreigners could walk freely without passport were limited, and in Yokohama, Rokugo River was the eastern limit. Located near the eastern boundary, Kawasaki Daishi was a popular sightseeing spot among foreigners.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:F. Beato, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number62‐31‐0]

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Naritasan Shinshoji Temple

The head temple of Shingon-shu Chisan-ha sect, Narita-san Myoo-in Shingo Shinsho-ji, which is popularly known as the Narita Fudo. What are seen over the fence are Kyaku-den (present-day Korin-kaku) and Daishi-do. The same as the photo numbered 37-8.==Date:unknown, Place:Narita, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number37‐61‐0]

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Naritasan Shinshoji Temple

The head temple of Shingon-shu Chisan-ha sect, Narita-san Myoo-in Shingo Shinsho-ji, which is popularly known as the Narita Fudo. What are seen over the fence are Kyaku-den (present-day Korin-kaku) and Daishi-do. The same as the photo numbered 37-61.==Date:unknown, Place:Narita, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number37‐8‐0]

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Sarusawa Pond

A pond located to the south of Kofukuji Temple with a perimeter of about 300 meters has fish released in it by the temple. To the south west of this pond, there used to be tomb of a monkey who was said to have offered sweets to Kobo Daishi in training almost everyday. The Three Storied Pagoda can be seen to the left rear.==Date:unknown, Place:Nara, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number18‐52‐0]

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Monks follow pilgrimage of Shingon founder as training

OSAKA, Japan - Monks walk in Koya, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on May 30, 2014, as they proceed along a 55-kilometer pilgrimage that Kobo Daishi (774-835), founder of the Shingon school of Buddhism, is believed to have walked in his youth. (Kyodo)

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Monks follow pilgrimage of Shingon founder as training

OSAKA, Japan - Monks depart from Kinpusenji, a temple in Yoshino, Nara Prefecture, on May 28, 2014, as they hit the road for a 55-kilometer pilgrimage that Kobo Daishi (774-835), founder of the Shingon school of Buddhism, is believed to have walked in his youth. (Kyodo)

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Main Hall of Kawasaki Daishi Temple

Main Hall of Kawasaki Daishi Temple==Date:Early Meiji, Place:Kawasaki, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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Kawasaki Daishi Heikenji Temple

Kawasaki Daishi Heikenji Temple==Date:Early Meiji, Place:Kawasaki, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

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Suntory's Murata

Daishi Murata of Suntory Sungoliath scores a try in the second half of a 28-13 win over NEC Green Rockets in the Japan Rugby Top League at Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Ground in Tokyo on Dec. 9, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Defending champs Suntory steal victory from jaws of defeat

Daishi Murata (C) scores a try in the second half of Suntory Sungoliath's 32-31 win over Toyota Verblitz in a Japan Top League match at Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium in Kyoto on Oct. 15, 2017. Suntory's win left them top of the Red Conference with 38 points, 10 more than Kobe Kobelco Steelers, with Verblitz third on 24. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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100,000 candles lit to honor sp

Some 20,000 people gather and light candles at a temple in Koyasan, Wakayama Prefecture, Aug. 13 to honor the spirits of ancestors. The ritual, called ''bon'' festival, is traditionally observed in mid-August in Japan. Some 100,000 candles were lit along a two-kilometer path leading to the grave of Kukai, or Kobo Daishi, a Buddhist priest of the early Heian period (794-1185). ==Kyodo