Koyasan day 2 - the graveyard

On a cool summer day there's nothing better to do than take a stroll through a graveyard and this has to be one of the world's best. Towering majestic trees, moss covered crumbling tombstones, and not a single vending machine.


Entrance to the graveyard.

Memorial for Japanese soldiers.







A famous samurai's tomb.

How the Buddhas keep their cool. Visitors splash the statues with cool water.


There is also a section of the graveyard that features monuments to people who have died and who will die in the future. Many of these are sponsored by companies for their employees.

A monument for people who die with no one to remember them.

UCC Coffee Company.

Nissan automobiles

Monument for animals (pets in particular I think)

Monument for white ants. Sponsored by an association of pesticide companies.


Monument for employees of an aerospace company. I hope they're not removing it.

Wearing my new Roots hat & sweatshirt that mum sent me.

The cable car that climbs Koyasan. Much easier than my trip up Fuji.

We outta here. Peace.