Meeting Point

At your hotel in Kansai district ( Kansai district = City of Osaka, Kyoto and Nara)

At your hotel lobby

To meet you at your hotel lobby, with Gowithguide welcome sign board your name on. Followed after brief tour orientation, we start the tour of the day

Koyasan Temple Complex tour - Konpon Daito (Great Pagoda)

To arrive at train station, JR Shin-Imamiya Station, or JR Tengachaya Station, or Nankai Namba Station whichever closer to your hotel. To arrive at Koya town after boarding a local train for approx 90 min ride, followed thereafter boarding 5 min cable car and 10 min Nankai Rinkan Bus. 5 min walk from bus stop, Kongo Buji-Mae will take us 1st stop at Danjo Garan Complex following after such as (1) Konpon Daido Pagoda, (2) Kon-Do hall, (3) Chu-mon Gate, (4) Sanko no Matsu Pine Tree. Then walk again back to Kongo Buji-Mae bus stop in front of the main highllights of Koyasan, Kongo-Buji Head Temple.

Koyasan Temple Complex tour - Kongobuji (Head Temple of Koyasan Shingon Buddhism), 2,340m2 largest Temple Dry Garden

The head temple of more than 4,000 temples of the Shingon sect of Buddhism in the world. Highlights includes elegant pictures on sliding doors, a grand kichen and the room Toyotomi Hidetsugu committed suicide, Kongo-buji Temple Dry Garden named "Banryuu-Tei", 2,340m2 largest dry garden in Japan.

Koyasan Cemetery Path to Kobo Daishi Mausoleum - Torondo (Lantern Hall), Kobo Daishi Gobyo (Mausoleum of Kobo Daishi)

We go through (1) Sando (approach), (2) Gobyo no hashi Bridge, (3) Asekaki Jizo (sweating jizo statue) and Sugatami no Ido (Mirror Well) that lead us Kobo Daishi Gobyo Mausoleum

To arrive at Gokurakubashi Station, Nankai line

To take the same route a way back to Gokurakubashi Station from Koya town by use of Nankai Rinkai bus and cable car.

End of this day tour at your hotel in Osaka. Will arrive later at your hotel if you stay in Kyoto or Nara.

Ending Point

At your hotel in Kansai district ( Kansai district = City of Osaka, Kyoto and Nara