Daimon Gate

"This 25.1 meter-tall vermillion gate towering over the entrance to Koyasan serves as the temple settlement's main gate. When the temple was settled, a torii (shrine gate) was built in Tsuzuraoridani below the location of this gate originally served as the main gate. This gate burned down several times due to a forest fire and a lightning strike The current building was constructed in 1705. The highlight of the gate is the pair of Kongo Rikishi statues that flank both sides of the gate. Depicted with intense scowls and muscular physiques, these imposing figures are said to be the largest of their kind after those of Todaiji Temple's Nandaimon. The Chinese couplet hung on the front of the gate means ""Kobo Daishi appears each morning, makes the rounds, and offers us salvation."" This expresses the idea that Kobo Daishi is always with us, a tenet of the faith practiced in Koyasan."