Koyasan four-hour intensive exploring special

Art, Culture, & Historical

Tadashi N.

Mount Koya
Japanese (Native), English
4 hours
Private tour (only you and your group)
Up to 4 people

Shall we have a pleasure to enjoy eye-catching spots. In addition to Garan,Main spot, let's go to a temple inside, Kongousanmaiin,supporting temple of the head temple and also Sainanin temple.

Meeting Point

in front of the temple accommodation information building which gets a landmark of fire station beside

12:00 PM

in front of the Kongosanmaiin Temple

Tour starts

12:00 PM

Kongosanmaiin Temple

visit Kongosanmaiin temple inside, where we can walk around a short mountain route in the precincts of the temple

01:30 PM

Garan

visit Garan ,the most important place where the monks are training for the teaching of the Buddha and Buddhist enlightenment.

03:00 PM

Reihokan Museum

visit Reihokan museum, where we enjoy Buddhist practicing implements, documents, Buddhist painting and the like

04:00 PM

Daimon Buddhist Gate

Tour ends

Ending Point

Daimon Buddhist Gate

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Inclusions & Exclusions

What‘s included

guide fee only

What‘s not included

entry fee

Important Information

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



Only available on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday.

entry fee needed.

Implemented minimum number is 2 persons, maximum is 10 persons.

Kongosanmaiin temple, you can see the ancient Shingon sect Buddhist pagoda, national treasure and worshipping objects along mountain track.

Regarding Garan site, you would recognize how Koyasan Shingon Buddhism is operated, what esoteric Buddhism is.


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.

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
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