Koyasan Okunoin, Koya-cho

This cemetery is the place where all the warlords and samurais was buried on the past. There is also emperors and kings, the surrounding forest is beautiful and peaceful Those are quiet times in japan, there are no tourist from overseas and this places are almost empty. I been 2 time at sunrise si the best time, we also been on the night and definitely is not you place if you are easy to get scared. Overall for me the best place in koyasan

Breathtaking cemetery and spiritual place. Located in the middle of a centenary forest with huge trees of 200-600 years old among ancient tombs and mausoleums, it goes for kilometers following multiple paths. It is great to explore and find the paths into the forest. If you start from the town you'll find the shrine at the end, and if you come from the forest path, at the beginning. Either way this was to me the most authentic temple in Japan, where monks live and conduct rituals and hipnotic prayers with other people. The house of the lanterns is amazing, so it is the tower of Buddhas accumulated during the centuries. To make it more special at night it is illuminated by stone lanterns.