Kongō ( ja, 金剛, links=no) is the Japanese word for ''

vajra The Vajra () is a legendary and ritual weapon, symbolising the properties of a diamond (indestructibility) and a thunderbolt (irresistible force). The vajra is a type of club with a ribbed spherical head. The ribs may meet in a ball-shap ...

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Mount Kongō is a mountain in the Kawachi region of Osaka Prefecture, Kansai, Japan. It is near Mount Yamato Katsuragi. The mountain has lent its name to a series of naval ships and ship classes: the Imperial Japanese Navy's 1877 ironclad ''Kongō''; ...

, a mountain in Osaka Prefecture, Japan **

Kongō Range The is a mountain range on the borders of Nara and Osaka Prefectures on the island of Honshū in the southwest of central Japan. The range separates the Osaka Plain and the Nara Basin, and forms a natural place for the boundary between the pre ...

* Mount Kongō (Sado), a mountain in Niigata Prefecture, Japan * , the name of several Japanese ships * Kongō (Noh school), a school of

Noh is a major form of classical Japanese dance-drama that has been performed since the 14th century. Developed by Kan'ami and his son Zeami, it is the oldest major theatre art that is still regularly performed today. Although the terms Noh and ' ...

acting * Kongō Masahiro (1948–2014), a Japanese sumo wrestler * Kongō Station, a railway station in Ōsakasayama, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

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