Mount Yoryu (Yoryusan)
Mount Yoryu (Yoryusan) (1,008.6m) is located in Koya town, Wakayama Prefecture.
It is one of the three mountains of Koya, along with Manisan (1,004m) and Tenjyokusan (915.0m), and is located north of Okunoin Gobyo.
At the summit, there is a small shrine where a half-seated statue of Yoryukannon
is enshrined, with an inscription dated March 21, 1771 (Meiwa 8).
Yoryukannon is one of the 33 Kannon, and is said to be the same entity
as Bhaisajyaguru (Medicine King) Kannon, whose main vow is to eradicate
various illnesses and misfortunes.
According to Buddhist scriptures, one should hold a willow branch in one's right hand and place the left hand on one's left breast.
There is an information board about the Yoryusan Educational Exhibition Forest.
Take a bus from Koyasan Station on the Nankai Koya Line, get off in front
of Okunoin, and walk for two hours along the Women Pilgrimage Route.
