Koyasan Reihokan Museum
高野山霊宝館
A treasure museum holding about 28,000 items from Mount Koya, including National Treasures and Important Cultural Properties, with Unkei's Eight Youth Attendants as its highlight.
The Reihokan opened in 1921 and houses about 28,000 Buddhist statues, paintings, sutras and ritual implements handed down from the temples of Mount Koya. These include 21 National Treasures and more than 140 Important Cultural Properties. The highlights are Unkei's Standing Statues of the Eight Youth Attendants and the Amida Raigō Painting, and the displays rotate by season. The early exhibition building itself is a registered tangible cultural property. Admission is about 1,300 yen, and it is open roughly 8:30 to 17:30 (until 17:00 in winter). It is located south of Danjo Garan, about a 3-minute walk.
Opening hours
Approx. 08:30–17:30 (until 17:00 November–April)
Nearby sights
- Koyasan Daishi Kyokai
- Danjo Garan & Konpon Daito
- Kongobu-ji Temple
- Kongo Sanmai-in Temple
- Tokugawa Mausoleum
- Nyonindo Hall
- Daimon Gate
- Karukaya-do Hall