Okunoin
is really Okunoin Cemetery, Mount Kōya, Koya, Wakayama
Real place, still recognisable
Real-world photo: Wikimedia Commons
How close does the game get to the real place?
In the game
A vast cemetery of moss-covered stone monuments under giant cedars on the sacred mountain of Kōya.
The real place
Okunoin is the largest cemetery in Japan, with more than 200,000 graves along a 2 km path to the mausoleum of Kūkai, the founder of Shingon Buddhism. Many of the great samurai clans, including the Oda and Toyotomi, have memorials here.
Visiting
Stay overnight in a temple lodging on Mount Kōya and join an evening walk through Okunoin; the lanterns are lit after dark.
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