The route taken by women pilgrims to Kôyasan has been compared to alotus

KÔYA SANZAN ROUTE & WOMEN PILGRIMS ROUTE

To Hashimoto
Gokuraku Bridge
flower because it traces a course through the encircling mountains stopping
at each of the seven traditional entrances to the sacred precincts(Kôya Nana-guchi).
Present-day visitors can traverse this tranquil mountainpath and recall the days
when devout women pilgrims, who were forbidden to enter into Kôyasan, had to
content themselves with only glimpses of its holy places.
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Gokuraku-bashi DISTANCE & TIME REQUIRED FOR EACH COURSE

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2.5km
Kôyasan FUDÔZAKA COURSE Gokuraku-bashi Fudôzaka-guchi Nyonindô
50 min
(Distance: about 2.5 km Time Required: about 50 min.)

Mt. Bentendake
0.9km 1.0km 2.2km
Road for Buses Only KÔYASAN Fudôzaka-guchi Nyonindô
20 min
Mt. Bentendake
17 min
Ryûjin-guchi Nyonindô Ruins
45 min
WOMEN PILGRIMS COURSE
0.9km 1.9km
(Distance: about 6.9 km Time Required: about 2 hr 20 min.) Ôtaki-guchi Nyonindô Ruins Entsûritsu-ji Okuno-in-mae
Daimon-guchi Nyonindô Ruins KÔYASAN WOMEN PILGRIMS COURSE 20 min 35 min

2.0km 1.7km 2.7km

KÔYA SANZAN COURSE Okuno-in-mae
37 min
Mt. Mani
35 min
Mt. Yôryû
50 min
(Distance: about 8.6 km Time Required: about 2 hr 50 min.)
Course A 0.7km 1.3km
Entrance to Sanzan
FUDÔZAKA COURSE 15 min 30 min

1.8km 1.0km
Ryûjin-guchi Nyonindô Ruins Mt. Tenjiku Kuroko-guchi Nyonindô Ruins Fudôzaka-guchi Nyonindô
35 min 22 min
Daimon
Course B 1.8km
0.5km
Kôbô Daishi Gobyô Ichino-hashi
10 min 30 min

Fudôzaka-guchi Nyonindô
Kotsugi Path

Kompon Daitô

Kôyasan Reihôkan
Mt. Yôryû
Kongôbuji Temple （1008.5m）

Crossroads
KÔYA SANZAN COURSE

Kuroko-guchi Nyonindô Ruins

（915m）
Kôyasan Tourist Association
Mt. Tenjiku Kuroko Path
Ainoura-guchi Nyonindô Ruins

Tama River
Tenjiku Mountain Forest Park

Ichino-hashi

Kôbô Daishi Gobyô

Ôtaki-guchi Nyonindô Ruins

Mt. Mani
Ômine-guchi Nyonindô Ruins B （1004m）
Mani Path

Entsûritsu-ji
Notes
Public Guidepost
Tamagawa-bashi Restroom (Kôya Nana-guchi Nyonindô)
A Public
Telephone
View of Kompon Daitô from Tettô-mae-hiroba Rest Area

Bus Stop

To Shimizu, Hanazono To Kôya-Ryûjin Skyline To Hashimoto