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Video image projected onto huge pagoda at Koyasan World Heritage site

A giant video image of Buddha is projected on May 13, 2015, onto the Konpon Daito Pagoda in the Danjo Garan area, a heartland of the Shingon school of Buddhism in the Koyasan (Mt. Koya) region in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, which is designated as a UNESCO World Heritage site. The occasion was an illumination show using laser beams. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1,200 years since start of monastic settlement on Mt. Koya

Photo taken on March 31, 2015 shows Konpon Daito Pagoda, built by renowned monk Kukai and one of the most prominent buildings of the Danjo Garan temple complex on Mt. Koya in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan. Buddhist services will be held daily from April 2 to May 21, 2015 to commemorate the 1,200th anniversary of monastic settlement. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Konpon-chudo Hall at Enryakuji Temple, Mt Hiei

Konpon-chudo Hall at Enryakuji Temple, Mt Hiei==Date:unknown, Place:Shiga, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)