Minobusan Kuonji (Mount Minobu Kuon Temple) is the head temple of Nichiren Shu (sect) Buddhism located in the town of Minobu in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. https://kuonji.jp/english/
Also, please refer to the GALLERY, MINOBU 2017/01/05 (https://etsuo.tokyo/photogallery/#MINOBU).
Mount Minobu Kuon Temple, Minbu, Yamanashi, 12/13/2025
The Okunoin Approach East Course: https://www.minobusanropeway.co.jp/hiking/east.php
Mount Minobu Kuon Temple and its Okunoin, Minbu, Yamanashi, 12/13/2025
Japanese cedar trees, Sugi (Cryptomeria japonica): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptomeria
Momi fir (Abies firma): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abies_firma, Mount Minobu Kuon Temple, Minbu, Yamanashi, 12/13/2025
Heavenly bamboo (Nandina domestica): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nandina): Mount Minobu Kuon Temple, Minbu, Yamanashi, 12/13/2025
Oriental paperbush (Edgeworthia chrysantha): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgeworthia_chrysantha, Mount Minobu Kuon Temple, Minbu, Yamanashi, 12/13/2025
Shikizakura (Cerasus × subhirtella ‘Semperflorens’ Miyoshi), Mount Minobu Kuon Temple, Minbu, Yamanashi, 12/13/2025
(In Japanese) https://www.hananokai.or.jp/sakura-zukan/shikizakura/; https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B7%E3%82%AD%E3%82%B6%E3%82%AF%E3%83%A9
The base station of the Minobusan Ropeway is located behind Mount Minobu Kuon Temple and connects between Kuonji Station and Okunoin Station in just 7 minutes. The elevation of Kuonji Statin is 390 meters above sea level. Okunoin Station is located at the sumit of Mount Minobu and it’s elevation is 1,153 meters above sea level. The distance between the two stations is 1,665 meters.
Mount Minobu Ropeway: https://www.minobusanropeway.co.jp/; https://www.yamanashi-kankou.jp/english/recover/minobusan-ropeway.html