Japan: Mount Kōya

On 14th April I got three postcards: one from Japan, one from Austria and one from Germany.

The card from Japan shows the Great Stupa Konpon-Daito on Mount Kōya. Mount Kōya is a large temple settlement in the Wakayama Prefecture. As location of the Kongōbu-ji Temple it is the ecclesiastical headquarters of the Koyasan sect of Shingon Buddhism. According to Shingon Buddhism doctrine the Great Stupa represents the central point of a mandala covering all of Japan. Since 2004 is Mount Kōya as one of the Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range on the UNESCO World Heritage List. 

One of the ten new Hospitality Flowers stamps (issued 01-04-2021) with its First Day Special Postmark was used on the card. 

Thank You very much Keiko!