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Koyasan one- day exploring
Joined 2019
we start from the west end of Koyasan mountainous Buddhism city, Daimon deva gate and finish at the east end of this highland,Okunoin through halfway points,Garan, temple facility complex and the general head temple Kongobuji. There are ancient stone monuments, neat row of age-old shops and Buddhist architecture. Guest would find out what they are with the beginning of Shingon Sect.
Itinerary
This itinerary can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Send me a message with your requests!
Meeting Point
Your temple hotel in Koyasan
pilgrimage road with monuments following from the town under this mountain and Buddhist cosmology
Garan area representing Buddhist world where important Buddhist events are conducted,also as monks' training facility since building creation
Okunoin area with the grandeur of mausoleum where there are huge number of celebrity's tombs in the various periods topped by Kobodaishi sleeping after his death
Ending Point
the same above, or tell me what you want.
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Inclusions & Exclusions
guide fee only
transportation fee if using public service
( it is free , if two guests ride in my car )
meal (1000~2000 yen per person depending on eating places) , entrance fee(around 1000 yen per one place/ the fee for whole several places discounted ), etc
Tour Important Information
Koyasan is one of world heritage sites.Tourists need to follow good behaviors and right mind and heart observing prescribed rules and manner.
special notice: There is my own car during Koyasan tour.
It is effective to use a private car from place to place.
In Koyasan, it doesn't have frequent public bus service.
The private car would be convenient to shorten tour hours.
Except in particular cases, you can utilize Koyasan tour on free ride of
my own driving. It's free, so you can save time and cost.
By the way, regarding transportation hours, If KIX(Kansai Airport) , it takes around 83 minutes by taxi to Koyasan station, it takes around 130 minutes except transit time by train to Koyasan station. (You can select my tour plan, Attend Trans-Kansai :To and from Air (KIX) Kyoto,etc. out of my tour menu)
We will experience Buddhism world which has brought continuous belief to people from the every past to present-day people and restore the refreshment in this mountain far from the din and bustle of a great city. Tour gets you not only deepening cultural knowledge of Japan, but also, back to the workings of nature, and would make aware of what human beings is.
Important message from the supplier
Nice to meet you. Welcome to my message. It is my pleasure to guide you across Japan.
I am a private school teacher and also a navigator of temple cafe and temple's office worker.
Of course, I am a certified national English speaking guide in Japan.
I have lived in many major cities and traveled in various parts in Kansai area since I graduated from junior high school. I am a university graduate and my age is 60. I have some qualifications like travelling and teaching English. If you pay my round transportation fee for the distant area and accommodations in addition to the usual guide fee and the meals during the tour, I can travel far from first meeting point into Fukuoka, Nagoya, Tokyo,or so.
As a standard guiding course, there are Nara,Kyoto, Hyogo(Kobe), Osaka and Wakayama.
Especially in these courses as well, you need to pay my round transportation fee from home and to home.
MY ROUND TRANSPORTATION FEE
OSAKA : not needed for guide from home to home
(because of being included in the amount of tour menu)
Koyasan in Wakayama : 1000 yen
Others : ask me
When you have accommodation plan with me for the same accommodation or different accommodation of the same spot, it is OK if you pay for all the accommodation fees of yours and mine.
For your choice of 8 hour tour : need to pay for lunch
For your choice of over 9 hour tour : pay for lunch and dinner
overnight : lunch and dinner, breakfast
Transportation fee and lunch of you and a guide will be paid by the customer.
HOW TO PAY my round transportation fee about Wakayama tour
menu or others(except Osaka)
Please pass payment amount on cash only, Japanese yen to me locally in the first greeting or the last farewell greeting
Cancellation Policy
- Free cancellation - 8 days prior to meeting time
- 50% Refund - 3 to 7 days prior to meeting time
- No Refund - Within 2 day(s) prior to meeting time
Joined 2019
About Tour Guide Tadashi N.
Shall we make a good trip with a nice memory ? I would like nicely to tell you the whole image of Japan when I share your time so as to make a pleasant memory. I was born and raised in Wakayama. I have lived in Osaka city and parts of Hyogo such as Kobe, Nishinomiya when I worked for a bank and cram schools and also, was a University student. And I made a short trip to various Kansai area such as Nara and Kyoto and so on, moreover a long trip to Kanto area such as Yokohama, Tokyo and Nikko. So I am knowledgeable about especially Kansai area, where there are some present-day major cities and other age-old or traditional major cities. They abound in awesome spots to see.
Let's enjoy various type of tours. My hobby is to walk around minor part of towns as well and mountainside to refresh my life and watch sport game such as baseball and soccer game, not just indoor game. As I have lived in foreign countries, I think I know what you are thinking about. Kick off our project for fun.
thanks
$325/ per group
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