silent city ' Koyasan' had a beautiful winter.
Last weekend,it was very cold. In Osaka where I live was warm during winter,but in the morning temperature was at 1 degree. On cold weekend, I and my friend went to Koyasan in Wakayama city.It was 90minutes travel by train from my city. Koyasan is famous for its World Heritage as the head temple of a Buddhist sect. According to the book, 1200 years ago, a Buddhist priest named Kukai founded a monastic center of atop Koyasan studies and practices of Esoteric Buddhism. As it is placed in center of 8 mountains, Koyasan's temperature is always at 8 degrees lower than in town. Last weekend, the tempearture was about 8 degrees in the afternoon and it had been snowing all day. We felt too cold, but we were touched by the beautiful snowy scenery We visited too some temples so that we could learn the Buddhist culture.
