koya-san

koya-san is considered the home of the gods and was founded by kukai (空海). in this area there are many shrines, including niutsuhime shrine (丹生都比売神社) and niukanshoufu shrine (丹生官省符神社). the character "ni" (丹) in both of these shrines' names means vermillion. in ancient japan, vermillion was believed to have supernatural powers against evil. that is why many temples and shrines in japan are of this color. one of its other uses is for planting statues of buddha. jison-in (慈尊院) temple is next to niukanshoufu shrine.
both shrines are part of the koya-san entry in the UNESCO world heritage sites list and relatively close to one another.

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