Foreigners experience Buddhist monk life at Mt. Koya heritage site

Foreigners experience Buddhist monk life at Mt. Koya heritage site

A monk at Ekoin temple on Mt. Koya, a World Heritage Site in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, attends to visitors from abroad at the temple in April 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Foreigners experience Buddhist monk life at Mt. Koya heritage site

Foreigners experience Buddhist monk life at Mt. Koya heritage site

Nobuhiro Tamura (R), a monk at Ekoin temple on Mt. Koya, a World Heritage Site in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, leads foreign visitors on a night tour of Okuno-in in April 2017. Tamura is among the monks who attend the increasing number of foreign visitors to the Buddhist pilgrimage site. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Foreigners experience Buddhist monk life at Mt. Koya heritage site

Foreigners experience Buddhist monk life at Mt. Koya heritage site

Nobuhiro Tamura (L), a monk at Ekoin temple on Mt. Koya, a World Heritage Site in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, leads a meditation class in English for foreign visitors to the temple in April 2017. Tamura is among the monks who attend the increasing number of foreign visitors to the Buddhist pilgrimage site. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

PM Abe visits Ekoin temple in Koyasan World Heritage area

PM Abe visits Ekoin temple in Koyasan World Heritage area

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) sits with a priest at Ekoin temple, built by legendary monk Kukai's disciple Dosho 1,200 years ago, in the Koyasan area, part of a World Heritage site in western Japan, on May 16, 2015. Abe said he will instruct government agencies to increase the number of tax-free stores in provincial cities around Japan to promote tourism. (Pool photo by Sankei Shimbun) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo