We are a group composed of monks living in Koyasan. We spent long years as monks at temples in Koyasan. We studied Buddhist teachings directly from Buddhist priests of Koyasan and interpreted them to foreigners. Friendly young monks will be happy to explain daily living, training at Koyasan temples that a general public can not see, and important teachings of the esoteric Buddhism.
This itinerary can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Send me a message with your requests!
Next to Okunoin-mae bus stop, in front of a public toilet in Nakanohashi parking lot
Garan chumon
This tour can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Click below to send me a message with your requests.
Guide fee
Tickets for visiting temples: 2000 JPY/ person
Guests' transportation fee
We recommend you to join our tour with shoes that are easy to walk.
Since there are few places where you can use credit cards in Koyasan, we recommend that you bring cash.
Your lunch and drink are not included.If you need the lunch break between Okunoin tour and Kongobuji &Garan tour, please let us know.
We will use taxis and public transportation for a short time during the tour to move between temples.
If a tour has to be cancelled due to a rainy weather, we will refund the tour price in full.
We had worked at a temple in Mount Koya for lomg years to welcome many guests all around the world.
They told us that,"I want to walk around Mount Koya with the guide of monks" "Is it rude for monks if I ask a question like this… but I'd like to ask them a lot ..." "I want to have unique experience in Mount Koya“
We offer tours unique to monks living in Mount Koya based many years of guide experience.
Our tours include not only viewing the building, but also Buddhist experiences, yoga , Walking ancient pilgrimage trails, tea ceremony & meditation in Mount Koya. If you want to arrange tours in Mount Koya, please get in touch.
We are looking forward to seeing you.
“Wonderful day with Nobu”
I would highly recommend anyone visiting Koyasan to spend time being guided by Nobu. He was very kind, knowledgeable and fun to be with. It was great to learn so much about Koyasan, the beliefs and customs of the area and of the esoteric teachings. Being with Nobu meant he could bring everything I was seeing to life, with the history and its context, rather than what I could just see with my own eyes. There is no substitute for these insights and it gave the whole experience a deeper meaning for me. Thank you Nobu!
“excellent tour”
excellent tour, very informative and extremely well presented
Ann P.
【Kongobuji & Garan】 Private tour with a Koyasan resident
“Excellent tour”
We enjoyed our tour with Nobu immensely. He was so knowledgeable and interesting. The time went by so quickly. This was the best tour that we have done while in Japan.