Full-Day Private Guided Tour to Mount Koya
Come with us to visit Mount Koya, Japan’s spiritual and cultural jewel, for a day on foot and by public transport!
We take the train and we sink into the deep countryside. This gives us a contrasting view between the lively city and the quiet nature, before reaching the top of the mountain by cable car.
The Daimon portal welcomes us upon arrival. We are crossing this border between the human world and the spirit world. Then we walk and visit Danjo Garan, the historic center of the Shingon Buddhist sect since the 9th century, then the Kongobu-ji Temple, founded by the military dictator Hideyoshi Toyotomi, which now serves as an administrative center.
We finally visit Oku no In. Japan’s largest cemetery houses the mausoleum of Kobo Daishi and 200,000 graves of people who wanted to rest with him.
You will learn more about the history, culture and spirituality of Japan after this day. Are you coming? We are waiting for you!
Options
Mount Koya: Fees not Included
What's included in Full-Day Private Guided Tour to Mount Koya
(Subject to Option Inclusions)Itinerary
Koyasan Station
We take the train from Osaka and arrive at Mount Koya via the funicular. You can see the whole area from the train, from the big city to nature, then climb the mountain.
Koyasan Daimon
Gateway to Mount Koya and the spirit world.
Koyasan Danjo Garan
Main place of prayer of the Shingon Buddhist sect since the 9th century.
Inclusions
- Guide Fees (their Entrance, Lunch and Transport Fees)
- Lunch: around 2,500 JPY/person
- Transport Fees (around 3,700 JPY/person/day)
- Entrance Fees: Kongobuji Temple (1000 JPY/person)
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Meet
Pickup and Dropoff
You will make your own way to the meeting points
Meeting Points
- 3rd floor of the station, in front of the station gates
