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Koyasan one- day exploring
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.
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
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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 guide
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,accommodations in addition to the usual guide fee, and transportation and 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.
Because I live in a little bit the countryside, though I usually go to work for Osaka area.
MY ROUND TRANSPORTATION FEE
OSAKA : 2500 yen
Koyasan in Wakayama : 1000 yen
☆ 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 10 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.
# Regarding Hotel meet up, apart from meet up cost, you need to pay my transportation fee of the day.
HOW TO PAY my round transportation fee
Please pass payment amount on cash only, Japanese yen, just for the day to me directly on the spot as early as possible after meeting up
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
