Temple stay? Japan ?

This shukubo features barrier-free construction. A wheel chair can be lead from the underground parking lot to the inside of the building by an elevator. Another big feature is the shojin vegetarian cuisine. Their creative and positive approach is to always introduce new things, not solely depending on existing items.

In the long history of this shukubo. There are four gardens including a stone garden with a moss arrangement and a garden with a pond, etc. You can enjoy the beautiful scenery. People traveling alone or traveling with a pet can be accommodated. They have facilities for handling wheel chairs.

The Shojin cuisine served in the room was really delicious. Compared with the shukubo that I stayed at on the previous day, this place was larger in scale. In terms of accommodation facilities, it was more sophisticated. Only people who wished to participated in the morning service at the main hall from 6:30.

This is the shukubo where Yukimura Sanada lived with his family. Sanada was a warrior who played an important role in the Battle in Sekigahara and Summer and Winter Battles in Osaka, which became turning points in Japanese history. During the meal, student priests from Koyasan High School and University wait on you.

Located in the center of Mount Koya, it is very convenient to walk around the city from this temple. What is surprising upon entering the shukubo is the beauty of the interior ornaments and the room itself. The meals are shojin vegetarian cuisine and you can have them in your room.

It is a wooden temple with a calm atmosphere surrounded by a vast garden. The front garden of eight-leaf laurel was created by Osamu Mori, a famous gardener in the Modern Age. They served shojin vegetarian cuisine, which tasted very good. You can participate in the service, which starts at 7:00 in the morning.

The baths are really the best, including a Japanese cypress bath that is said to be the largest on Mount Koya and an herb bath. They naturally serve shojin vegetarian cuisine. I participated in the morning service and listened to the sermon of the head priest, followed by osunafumi (stepping on sand).

The curfew is 22:00. There are many things to see, including a beautiful garden larger than 6,600 square meters and a carved wooden tiger made by Jingoro Hidari. Also being close to Oku-no-in, it is convenient to go worshipping. They serve Koya-tofu as well.

They serve shojin vegetarian cuisine. If you request it, sake will be served. You are able to participate in the morning service. They welcome people traveling alone.

Fugen-in is a temple located in Oma, at the northernmost tip of Honshu, the tip of the Shimokita Peninsula. Within the temple grounds, which cover 10,000m2, there is a lodging facility that only accepts one group per day. The monk is very young and will teach you zazen and copying sutras.