Mt. Koya is a World Heritage site deemed by UNESCO. It is a place of scenic beauty where history, culture, and nature are concentrated. The Highlight is to visit the World Heritage site of Mt Koya, a pilgrimage route. This is a day trip from Kyoto. Also experienced guide with a strong knowladge about Koyasan. This tour Includes round trip express bus.
Mount Koya is the center of Shingon Buddhism, an important Buddhist sect which 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 ...
Highlights
10 hours and 30 minutes
Offered in English
Non-refundable
Mobile Ticket
10 hours and 30 minutes
Offered in English
Non-refundable
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Private transportation
Guide
Lunch
Meeting Points
Departure
Kyoto Station Hachijo Exit
08:00 Kyoto Station Hachijo Exit H2 Bus Stop (in front of Hotel Keihan Kyoto Grande)
※Please present your “Mobile Ticket Screen” and get on the bus.
08:10 Departure※Please move by yourself※Highway bus from Kyoto Station to Koyasan. ※No guide will accompany you on the highway bus.
Return
Kyoto to Mt. Koya One Day Walking Tour
Minami Ward
About
Mt. Koya is a World Heritage site deemed by UNESCO. It is a place of scenic beauty where history, culture, and nature are concentrated. The Highlight is to visit the World Heritage site of Mt Koya, a pilgrimage route. This is a day trip from Kyoto. Also experienced guide with a strong knowladge about Koyasan. This tour Includes round trip express bus.
Mount Koya is the center of Shingon Buddhism, an important Buddhist sect which 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 ...
Highlights
10 hours and 30 minutes
Offered in English
Non-refundable
Mobile Ticket
10 hours and 30 minutes
Offered in English
Non-refundable
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Private transportation
Guide
Lunch
Meeting Points
Departure
Kyoto Station Hachijo Exit
08:00 Kyoto Station Hachijo Exit H2 Bus Stop (in front of Hotel Keihan Kyoto Grande)
※Please present your “Mobile Ticket Screen” and get on the bus.
08:10 Departure※Please move by yourself※Highway bus from Kyoto Station to Koyasan. ※No guide will accompany you on the highway bus.
Return
Items | Kyoto to Mt. Koya One Day Walking Tour
Itinerary
1
Koyasan Okunoin
On the 2-kilometer approach from Ichinobashi Bridge to the mausoleum, more than 200,000 gravestones, prayer monuments, and memorials to the lords of the feudal lords stand in a grove of thousand-year-old cedar trees.
1 hour
2
Kongobu-ji Temple
Mount Koya is the center of Shingon Buddhism, an important Buddhist sect which 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.
30 minutes
3
Koyasan Danjo Garan
Danjo Garan is one of the two sacred sites of Koyasan, along with Okuno-in Temple, which was the first place Kobo Daishi Kukai built when he founded Koyasan. It is said to embody the mandala worldview based on esoteric Buddhism, and is lined with 19 halls, including Kondo, the main hall of Koyasan, and the 48.5-meter-high Nemoto Daito, the symbol of Koyasan.
