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Event Calendar
The following calendar lists the annual Buddhist service ceremonies. Click the ‘Details’ for further information.
January
1st− 3rd Okuno-in Shushô-e (Buddhist service praying for a rich harvest in the new year and the world peace and tranquility.) (from 9:00 a.m.) Okuno-in Hôe Section, Kongôbuji Temple

Kondô Shushô-e (from 9:00 a.m.)

Kondô
5th

Daitô Shushô-e (from 9:00 a.m.)

Daitô
14th Donto-yaki (Fire festivities praying for good health and happiness in the new year, performed by boy scouts and girl scouts.)  (from 1:00 p.m.) A site in the precincts of Daishi Kyôkai Ito the First Boy Scouts
February
3rd Daitô Setsubun Kitô-e (Prayer service performed on the day of Setsubun)  (from 1:00 p.m.) Daitô Hôe Section, Kongôbuji Temple
14th−15th Jôraku-e or Nehan-e (Memorial service for the anniversary of Buddha’s Nirvana)  (from 14th  10:00 p.m. to 15th 11:00 a.m.) Kongôbuji
March
4th The 12th Kôya Fire Festival (Spring ceremony for the opening of the climbing season at Mt. Kôya, and the Buddhist rite of cedar-stick burning. (from 12:30 p.m.) A square in front of Kongôbuji Kôya Fire Festival Executive Committees
20th−22nd Spring Kondô Higan-e(Buddhist service performed during the equinoctial week.)(from 1:00 p.m.) Kondô Hôe Section, Kongôbuji Temple
21st Shô-Mie-ku (Memorial service performed by putting up the image of Kôbô Daishi Kûkai). (from 9:00 a.m.)  (The date of Kûkai’s Nirvana according to the solar calendar.) Okuno-in
April
8th Busshô-e (Celebration of the anniversary of Buddha’s birth) (from 9:00 a.m.) Kongôbuji Hôe Section, Kongôbuji Temple
21st Okuno-in Mantô Kuyô Memorial Service  (from9:00 a.m.) Okuno-in
May
3rd − 5th

Spring Esoteric Ordination Ceremony of Teigi-Taizô-kai
(from 8:30 a.m.)

Kondô Hôe Section, Kongôbuji Temple
3rd Kyû-Shô-Mie-ku-Otaiya (Memorial service performed on the eve of the anniversary of Kûkai’s Nirvana)  (from 7:00 p.m.) Miedô
4th Okuno-in Kyû-Shô-Mie-ku  (from 9:00 a.m.)  (The date of Kûkai’s Nirvana according to the lunar calendar.) Okuno-in
Miedô Kyû-Shô-Mie-ku (from 1:00 p.m.)  (The date of Kûkai’s Nirvana according to the lunar calendar.) Miedô
June
14th

Eve of the Cerebration of the Birth of Kûkai (from 6:30 p.m.)
Floats are brought out, and street stalls are kept in front of  Kongôbuji Temple.

A square in front of Kongôbuji Young Entrepreneurs Group of Kôya Town Chamber of Commerce and Industry
15th
DetailsCerebration of the Birth of Kûkai (Festival of Green Leaves)  Memorial service is performed at Daishi Kyôkai at 9:00 a.m., and a portable shrine  Hanamidô proceeds at noon. Daishi Kyôkai Kôyasan Hôsan-kai
July
27th − 31th (Planned)The 12th Schoolboys Hard-Rubber-Ball Baseball Tournament for the Kôyasan Pennant Kôyasan Sports Ground etc. Schoolboys Hard-Rubber-Ball Baseball Tournament Executive Committees
August
3th − 5th (Planned)The 83rd Summer University sponsored by the Mainichi Newspapers (about 700 participants) Daishi Kyôkai Osaka branch office of the Mainichi Newspapers & Kôyasan Tourist Association
13th Details

Kôyasan’s Mantô Memorial Service (the 34th Candlelight Festival) Ichino-hashi Approach at 7:00 p.m., and Tôrôdô Temple at 8:00 p.m.

Okuno-in and Tôrôdô Liaison Conference of Young Men’s Association
22nd − 24th (Planned)The 38th Summer Seminar in Buraku Liberation & Human Rights (about 2,000 participants) Kôyasan Hall etc. Buraku Liberation Research Institute & Kôyasan Tourist Association
September
22nd − 24th Autumn Kondô Higan-e (Buddhist service performed during the equinoctial week.)(from 1:00 p.m.) Kondô Hôe Section, Kongôbuji Temple
October
1st − 3rd

Autumn Esoteric Ordination Ceremony of Teigi-Kongô-kai (from 8:30 a.m.)

Kondô Hôe Section, Kongôbuji Temple
Okuno-in Mantô Memorial Service  (from 7:00 p.m.) Okuno-in
16th Myôjin Shrine Autumn Festival  (A portable shrine demonstrates in front of Myôjin Shrine.) (from 1:00 p.m.) Garan Myôjin Shrine Kôyasan Hôsan-kai
28nd

The 18th Kôyasan Women Pilgrims Route Hiking (through visiting Nyonindô Temples at Nanatsu-guchi, the traditional 7 entrances to Kôyasan.)
Reception hours: from 9:00 a.m.

A place in front of Fudô-zaka-guchi  Nyonindô Temple Young Entrepreneurs Group of Kôya Town Chamber of Commerce and Industry
November
10th − 11th Details(Planned)Car exhibition & Driving demonstrations are planned. A square in front of Kongôbuji Temple and No.2 Parking Lot Vétro Montagna Executive Committees
The 2007 Event Calendar (the exact dates are not yet fixed.)
  Hôin-Tenne-shiki (Promotion ceremony to the highest rank among all the priests of the Shingon sect of Buddhism.)  (from 10:00 a.m.) Kongôbuji Hôe Section, Kongôbuji Temple
 

The 10th Anniversary of Cherry Blossoms
Reception Party at Shukubô Temple, and Cherry Blossoms Party on the next day

Kôyasan Forest Park Kôya Town Tourist Industry Promoting Committees
  The 11th Kôyasan Friendship Gate Ball Tournament Kôyasan Sports Ground Kôyasan Gate Ball Tournament Executive Committees
  The 7th Kôyasan Haiku Walk & Haiku Composing Open Ceremony Daishi Kyôkai Kongôbuji Temple & Kôyasan Tourist Association

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