Kongobu-ji has the largest rock garden in Japan
and gives visitors free tea and rice crackers with admission.
Our next stop was Rengejo-in the temple where we stayed the night. (Navi Phone Number 0736-56-2233)
Our room was large with three sections one of them overlooking the temple garden.
We were invited to join an evening meditation and a morning chanting service. Our meals were exquisite Buddhist vegetarian style.
On Sunday morning we walked to nearby Nyonindo, the temple which women could enter before they were allowed to enter the mountain.
Next we moved on to Okunoin, the largest cemetery in Japan. 
The headstones are mixed with huge pines.
We finished our time on the mountain in the Daito area.
Many of the buildings in the area could not be entered but had peep holes covered in chicken wire through which you could view the interior.
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