Shingo Koike
Shingo can refer to: Religion * Shingon Buddhism Locations * Shingō, Okayama (神郷町), a town located in Atetsu District, Okayama Prefecture, Japan * Shingō, Aomori (新郷村), a village located in Sannohe District, Aomori Prefecture, Japan which claims to be the final resting place of Jesus Christ People *Shingo (given name) Shingo (written: , , , , , , , or ) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese speed skater *, Imperial Japanese Navy officer *, Japanese shogi player *, Japanese marathon runner *, Japanese footballer * ...

Shingon Buddhism
Shingon monks at Mount Koya is one of the major schools of Buddhism in Japan and one of the few surviving Vajrayana lineages in East Asia, originally spread from India to China through traveling monks such as Vajrabodhi and Amoghavajra. Known in Chinese as the Tangmi (; the Esoteric School in Tang Dynasty of China), these esoteric teachings would later flourish in Japan under the auspices of a Buddhist monk named Kūkai (), who traveled to Tang China to acquire and request transmission of the esoteric teachings. For that reason, it is often called Japanese Esoteric Buddhism, or Orthodox Esoteric Buddhism. The word ''shingon'' is the Japanese reading of the Chinese word ('), which is the translation of the Sanskrit word ("mantra"). History Shingon Buddhist doctrine and teachings arose during the Heian period (794-1185) after a Buddhist monk named Kūkai traveled to China in 804 to study Esoteric Buddhist practices in the city of Xi'an (), then called Chang-an, at ...
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Shingō, Okayama
was a town located in Atetsu District, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 2,511 and a density of 18.41 persons per km2. The total area was 136.37 km2. On March 31, 2005, Shingō, along with the towns of Ōsa, Tessei and Tetta (all from Atetsu District), was merged into the expanded city of Niimi is a city located in northwestern Okayama Prefecture, Japan. As of March 31, 2017, the city has an estimated population of 30,583 (14,628 males, 15,955 females), with 12,857 households and a population density of 39 persons per km2. The total a .... Dissolved municipalities of Okayama Prefecture {{Okayama-geo-stub ...
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Shingō, Aomori
is a village located in Aomori Prefecture, Japan. , the village has an estimated population of 2,408 in 922 households and a population density of 16 persons per km² (42 people per square mile). The total area of the village is . Geography Shingō is in south-central Aomori Prefecture, east of Lake Towada. The western edge of the village borders Akita Prefecture. Much of the village is mountainous with the outer ring mountains of Lake Towada, including Mt. Okomagatake () and Mt. Toraidake (). The village area extends along National Route 454, which connects Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture and Lake Towada. Neighboring municipalities *Aomori Prefecture **Towada ** Sannohe District ***Gonohe *** Nanbu ***Sannohe *Akita Prefecture **Kazuno Climate The village has a cold humid continental climate characterized by cool short summers and long cold winters with very heavy snowfall (Köppen climate classification ''Dfa''). The average annual temperature in Shingō is . The average annual ...
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