Mount Tenjiku (Tenjakusan)
Mount Tenjiku (Tenjakusan) is located in Koya town, Wakayama Prefecture.
It is one of the "eight leaves within Mount Koya" (Mt. Koya,
Mt. Mani, Mt. Yauryu, Mt. Tenjaku, Shotogamine, Kongorei, Sannourei, Henjourei).
It is 915m above sea level, and there is a shrine to Maitreya Bodhisattva on the peak.
The Kii Shoku Fudoki Volume 2 states the following:
〇Tenjakusan
It is on the peak of Hitsujisaru (southwest) in the temple hall, and there
is a small shrine to Maitreya at the top, about five or six cho (540-650
m) away.
It is said that Kobo Daishi buried the sword of Acala (treasured sword) on Tenjakusan, and the sutra Rishukyo was also buried there, but it had decayed and only the gilt bronze scroll remained, which is said to be the origin of the name.
Take the bus from Koyasan Station on the Nankai Koya Line, get off at Okunoin-mae stop, then walk for about 30 minutes.
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