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Mount Koya Art, Culture, & Historical Tours

One Day in Mount Koya. Feel the Sacredness and Holiness

Mt. Koya is a very important part of the World Heritage site “Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountains”. Mt. Koya is in Wakayama Prefecture and I used to work for Wakayama Prefectural Government as a general manager of Cultural Heritage Division and I was also in charge of the World Heritage Project. I know this sacred mountain very well.

FROM$159/ per group

5.00(8) reviews

Overnight trip to Mt. Koya from Osaka

Mt. Koya is a very important part of the World Heritage site “Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountains”. Mt. Koya is in Wakayama Prefecture and I used to work for Wakayama Prefectural Government as a general manager of Cultural Heritage Division and I was also in charge of the World Heritage Project. I know this sacred mountain very well. In this tour we will visit Mt. Koya and walk the Women's Pilgrimage

FROM$423/ per group

5.00(8) reviews

【Private】Okunoin Cemetery Day Tour

Why don’t we visit “Kobo Daishi aka Kukai” together with the monk of Koyasan to Okunoin ? Monks who have license to guide in English take you an enjoyable tour to Okunoin cemetery. We will visit the following places: ◆ Gobyo is the place where Kobo Daishi aka Kukai still remains alive to this day. ◆Touching a tree of 850 years old ◆The biggest tombstone in Okunoin ◆Samurai graves such as Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi ◆ The monument of Matsuo Basho and so on....

FROM$182/ per group

Koyasan resident guides N.

5.00(6) reviews

Koyasan 【Tea & Meditation】 Experience

Let’s taste Match & green tea with a tea ceremony master in a room at a Koyasan temple, please have a fun time with exclusive selection green tea and learn the Way of Tea that worrior shoguns and samurai used to practise. The master teaches excellent detailed lesson on how to have tea and enjoy it. After explaining about the relationship between tea and Buddhism, you can receive meditation guidance by monks.

FROM$621/ per group

Koyasan resident guides N.

5.00(6) reviews

Fire ritual & Luxurious Buddhist cuisine lunch at a temple

①Specially “Gomakito” prayer, which originated in India during the first millennium A.D. and has been continued for over 1.200 years in Koyasan. You can see postures of priests and flaming up “wisdom fire of Buddha” at only a few meters. ②Enjoy the healthy as well as luxurious Shojin-ryori (highest grade course: including local specialty of sesame tofu) based on Gomi, Goho, and Goshiki (five flavors, five methods, and five colors) at the hall of the temple in Koyasan.

FROM$975/ per group

Koyasan resident guides N.

5.00(6) reviews

Meditation Experience

Private meditation hall surrounded by temple gardens.You can receive direct instruction from the monks. [Ajikan meditation] A 1200-year-old meditation method introduced to Koyasan by Kobo Daishi from the Tang dynasty. Explore your self in the pure air with a monk who guides people through daily meditation.The meditation hall will be specially reserved for you. Koyasan is a rare World Heritage Site that inherits not only Japan’s culture but also ancient India and the Tang Dynasty.

FROM$399/ per group

Koyasan resident guides N.

5.00(6) reviews

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Mount Koya Day Trip Tours

One day tour to Mt. Koya from Osaka. Be enchanted.

Mt. Koya is a very important part of the World Heritage site “Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountains”. Mt. Koya is in Wakayama Prefecture and I used to work for Wakayama Prefectural Government as a general manager of Cultural Heritage Division and I was also in charge of the World Heritage Project. I know this sacred mountain very well.

FROM$212/ per group

5.00(8) reviews

Mt. Koya, Kumano and Kumano Kodo Three Days

Mt. Koya is a sacred site for Buddhism which was founded in India and brought to Japan in the 6th Century. Kumano is a sacred site for Shintoism which is rooted in the nature worship in Japan. And Kumano Kodo Pilgrimage Routes connect these sacred sites. In this tour, we will visit Mt. Koya(Danjo Garan, Honzan, Okuno-in) and Kumano (Hongu, Hayatama and Nachi Grand Shrines, Nachisan Seigantoji Temple and Nachi Waterfalls), and we will walk on Kumano Kodo Daimon-zaka Pilgrimage Route.

FROM$635/ per group

5.00(8) reviews

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Travel like a real local. With our lineup of varied tours we want to help you customize and realize your ideal tour in Mount Koya. Our guides can arrange for you to visit areas specific to your interests, so there will be no filler in the itinerary! Browse all the tours we offer in Mount Koya, and find the perfect one for you. The tours come in a variety of categories and lengths, so chances are you will be able to find the tour for you. Looking for something you couldn’t find in our lineup? Go ahead and send a message to one of the guides, they will create your tour for you! Teaming up with a local guide and getting their help in planning the itinerary is the smart way to travel, so let them sort everything out for you.