Nyonindo
📍 Wakayama, Koya 709 · Ito District, Koya Town
📿 Goshuin Info
Hours
8:30–17:00
Fee
—
Direct-write
Unavailable
Pre-written
Unavailable
About
MountainKitayama
SectRinzai-shu Shokoku-ji school
PrincipalKannon Bosatsu
Founded1397
FounderAshikaga Yoshimitsu
HeritageUNESCO World Heritage
Website www.shokoku-ji.jp/kinkakuji/
History
Nyonindo is a sacred place where women offered their prayers as the final point of pilgrimage during the era when women were forbidden from entering Koyasan. Here, women gazed from afar upon the Okunoin of Koyasan and deepened their faith in Kobo Daishi. Today it continues to be visited by many worshippers as a sacred site for women's protection and the fulfillment of wishes. The deep love of the women who once prayed at the mountain's entrance for the safety of their sons and husbands still breathes in this place.
Benefits
Protection of womenFamily safetyFulfillment of wishesRemoval of misfortuneFertilitySafe childbirthRomantic connectionsLuck and good fortune