Head temple at Mt. Koya urges summer visitors to avoid revealing attire

HASHIMOTO, Japan - A leading Buddhist temple at Mt. Koya, a UNESCO World Heritage site in western Japan, is asking visitors to refrain from wearing revealing clothing when visiting its holy area as summer approaches.

Setting up bilingual signboards in Japanese and English, around 30 employees and monks handed out leaflets to tourists in early May at Kongobuji temple in Wakayama Prefecture, amid a growing number of visitors wearing shorts, short skirts and tops exposing the shoulders or back during the warmer months.