On entering Saidaimon Gate, I turned around to see the crowd of visitors entering the temple premises. We could see the stone Torii Gate (West Gate) in the background behind Saidaimon Gate. After entering Saidaimon Gate, to our right we saw a statue named Kobodaishi Shugyozou. Kukai or Kobodaishi was a monk, scholar, poet, artist, and founder of the Shingon school of Buddhism. There was also a stone wheel called rinneto in front of the statue. This wheel indicates the endless cycle of suffering caused by birth, death, and rebirth, i.e., reincarnation.