My favorite stop of all in Japan was the beautiful mountaintop town of Koyasan. We attended morning prayers with Buddhist monks, slept in a capsule hotel and visited our first onsen. Then we caught the bullet train to Hiroshima to visit the Peace Memorial and Miyajima Island.

Photos taken with a Canon 5D Mark III.

Temples of Koyasan Japan

OneWorldOneYear.com exploring the temples of Koyasan, Japan.

Koyasan, Japan

OneWorldOneYear.com visiting the monks and temples of Koyasan, Japan, founded by Kobo Daichi and home to the impressive Okunoin.

Koyasan, Japan

OneWorldOneYear.com visiting the monks and temples of Koyasan, Japan, founded by Kobo Daichi and home to the impressive Okunoin.

Koyasan, Japan

OneWorldOneYear.com visiting the monks and temples of Koyasan, Japan, founded by Kobo Daichi and home to the impressive Okunoin.

OneWorldOneYear.com visiting the monks and temples of Koyasan, Japan, founded by Kobo Daichi and home to the impressive Okunoin.

OneWorldOneYear.com visiting the monks and temples of Koyasan, Japan, founded by Kobo Daichi and home to the impressive Okunoin.

Koyasan, Japan

OneWorldOneYear.com visiting the monks and temples of Koyasan, Japan, founded by Kobo Daichi and home to the impressive Okunoin.

Koyasan, Japan

OneWorldOneYear.com visiting the monks and temples of Koyasan, Japan, founded by Kobo Daichi and home to the impressive Okunoin.

Koyasan, Japan

OneWorldOneYear.com visiting the monks and temples of Koyasan, Japan, founded by Kobo Daichi and home to the impressive Okunoin.

Koyasan, Japan

OneWorldOneYear.com visiting the monks and temples of Koyasan, Japan, founded by Kobo Daichi and home to the impressive Okunoin.

Koyasan, Japan

OneWorldOneYear.com visiting the monks and temples of Koyasan, Japan, founded by Kobo Daichi and home to the impressive Okunoin.

Koyasan, Japan

OneWorldOneYear.com visiting the monks and temples of Koyasan, Japan, founded by Kobo Daichi and home to the impressive Okunoin.

Koyasan, Japan

OneWorldOneYear.com visiting the monks and temples of Koyasan, Japan, founded by Kobo Daichi and home to the impressive Okunoin.

Koyasan, Japan

OneWorldOneYear.com visiting the monks and temples of Koyasan, Japan, founded by Kobo Daichi and home to the impressive Okunoin.

Koyasan, Japan

OneWorldOneYear.com visiting the monks and temples of Koyasan, Japan, founded by Kobo Daichi and home to the impressive Okunoin.

Koyasan, Japan

OneWorldOneYear.com visiting the monks and temples of Koyasan, Japan, founded by Kobo Daichi and home to the impressive Okunoin.

Koyasan, Japan

OneWorldOneYear.com visiting the monks and temples of Koyasan, Japan, founded by Kobo Daichi and home to the impressive Okunoin.

Koyasan, Japan

OneWorldOneYear.com visiting the monks and temples of Koyasan, Japan, founded by Kobo Daichi and home to the impressive Okunoin.

Koyasan, Japan

OneWorldOneYear.com visiting the monks and temples of Koyasan, Japan, founded by Kobo Daichi and home to the impressive Okunoin.

Koyasan, Japan

OneWorldOneYear.com visiting the monks and temples of Koyasan, Japan, founded by Kobo Daichi and home to the impressive Okunoin.

Koyasan, Japan

OneWorldOneYear.com visiting the monks and temples of Koyasan, Japan, founded by Kobo Daichi and home to the impressive Okunoin.

Koyasan, Japan

OneWorldOneYear.com visiting the monks and temples of Koyasan, Japan, founded by Kobo Daichi and home to the impressive Okunoin.

Koyasan, Japan

OneWorldOneYear.com visiting the monks and temples of Koyasan, Japan, founded by Kobo Daichi and home to the impressive Okunoin.

Koyasan, Japan

OneWorldOneYear.com visiting the monks and temples of Koyasan, Japan, founded by Kobo Daichi and home to the impressive Okunoin.

Koyasan, Japan

OneWorldOneYear.com visiting the monks and temples of Koyasan, Japan, founded by Kobo Daichi and home to the impressive Okunoin.

Koyasan, Japan

OneWorldOneYear.com visiting the monks and temples of Koyasan, Japan, founded by Kobo Daichi and home to the impressive Okunoin.

Cable Car to Koyasan, Japan

Cable Car to Koyasan, Japan

Hiroshima, Japan

Visiting the A-Bomb Dome and Hiroshima Peace Memorial in Hiroshima, Japan

Hiroshima, Japan

Our first taste of selfie sticks on this trip was at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial in Hiroshima, Japan

Hiroshima, Japan

Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum in Hiroshima, Japan.

Hiroshima, Japan

Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum in Hiroshima, Japan.

Hiroshima, Japan

Hiroshima Peace Memorial in Hiroshima, Japan.

OneWorldOneYear.com exploring Hiroshima, Japan.

Hiroshima Peace Memorial in Hiroshima, Japan.

Hiroshima, Japan

Hiroshima Peace Memorial in Hiroshima, Japan.

Hiroshima, Japan

Hiroshima Peace Memorial in Hiroshima, Japan.

Hiroshima, Japan

Exporing Miyajima Island near Hiroshima, Japan

Hiroshima, Japan

Exporing Miyajima Island near Hiroshima, Japan

Hiroshima, Japan

Exporing Miyajima Island near Hiroshima, Japan

Hiroshima, Japan

Exporing Miyajima Island near Hiroshima, Japan

Next photo gallery: Zhangjiajie, China.

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Mark quit everything to travel the world for a year with his wife, Britnee. Along the way, he picked up a love for many other things, including illy coffee, Nepal, Bolivianos bills, and Thai beaches. Now happily home in Utah, Mark is a balding marketing professional with a mountain biking addiction.

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