【Okunoin, Kongobuji & Garan】Koyasan resident guide

A local English-speaking monk will guide you.

Friendly monks will be happy to explain daily living of monks, training at Koyasan temples and important teachings of the esoteric Buddhism brought by Kukai, as well as deepening your understanding of Koyasan’s history and culture.

In this tour, we will go round the following temples of Kongobuji, Garan & Okunoin.

【Kongobuji】

Banryutei (Japan’s largest rock garden)

Yanaginoma (Willow Room: Hidetsugu suicide room)

Tensuioke (Rain Barrel)   

Kyozo (Scripture Storehouse)   

Shoro (Bell Tower)   

Daigenkan & Kogenkan (Entrance)   

Ohiroma & Jibutsuma   Umenoma (Plum Room)   

Betsuden (Temple Annex)   

Shin Betsuden (New Temple Annex)   

Shoin Jodan no Ma (Gold Leaf Wall)   

Courtyard   

Okushoin (Resting Area for the Imperial Family)   

Chigonoma (Page Room)   

Tsuchimuro (Earth Room)   

Kitchen 

【Garan】

Kondo (Golden Hall)

Konpon Daito (Great Pagoda)

Chumon (Twin-tiered & five-sectioned gate)

Miedo (Great Portrait Hall)

Miyashiro (Shrine Complex)

Rokkaku Kyozo (Hexagonal Depository of the Scriptures)

Saito (West Tower)

Kujyakudo (Prayer for Rain)

Jyunteido (Temple for pabajja)

【OKUNOIN】

Gokusho (Temple Office)

Gobyobashi (Bridge to the Most Sacred Place)

Miroku Ishi (Bodhisattva Stone)

Torodo (Spectacular Lantern Hall)

Gobyo (Mausoleum of Kobo Daishi: the Most Sacred Site)

Let’s learn the esoteric teachings that have been protected 1200 years through the conversation with the priests and experience the teachings in the nature of Koyasan.

On this occasion, please feel familiar with the monks that you don’t come into contact with everyday, they will politely explain the lives of priests in temples, that people can not normally see, and useful teachings for your future life.