Let’s discover Mt. Koya is a World Heritage site deemed by UNESCO where beautiful nature site!! This is a popular 1-day walking tour of Koyasan.
Mount Koya is the center of Shingon Buddhism, an important Buddhist sect that was introduced to Japan in 805 by Kobo Daishi (also known as Kukai), one of Japan’s most significant religious figures. A small, secluded temple town has developed around the sect’s headquarters that Kobo Daishi built on Koyasan’s wooded mountaintop. It is also the site of Kobo Daishi’s mausoleum and the start and end point of the Shikoku 88 Temple Pilgrimage.
Kobo Daishi began construction on the original Garan temple complex in 826 after wandering the country for years in search of a suitable place to center his religion. Since then over one hundred temples have sprung up along the streets of Koyasan. The most important among them are Kongobuji, the head temple of Shingon Buddhism, and Okunoin, the site of Kobo Daishi’s mausoleum.
Itinerary:
- 08:00 Pick up at hotel in Osaka city. Please wait in the lobby.
- 08: 30 Departure from Hotel to Namba station (Subway)
- 09: 00 Namba station ⇒ Gokurakubashi station (Nankai Koya Line Rapi Express / Arrives at 10:32am)
- 10: 37 Gokurakubashi station ⇒ Koyasan Station (Cable car/ Arrive at 10:42am)
- 10: 48 Koyasan station ⇒ Daimon (Local Bus/ Arrive at 11:04am)
- 11: 15 Daimon, Konpon Daito temple and Danjo Garan temple (Admission fee is included / 90 minutes)
- 13: 00 Lunch is not included. Please take lunch at Syukubo by your own. (60 minutes)
- 14: 00 Kongonfuji Temple (Admission fee is included / 60 minutes)
- 16: 04 Kongobuji mae ⇒ Koyasan station (Local Bus/ Arrive at 16:17pm)
- 16: 21 Koyasan Station ⇒ Gokurakubashi station (Cable car/ Arrive at 16:26pm)
- 16: 47 Gokurakubashi station ⇒ Namba station (Nankai Koya Line Rapi Express / Arrives at 18:10pm)
- The tour ends at Namba station
