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Full-Day Private Guided Tour to Mount Koya
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Important Information
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Wheelchair accessible
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Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
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Service animals allowed
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Public transportation options are available nearby
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Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
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Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
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Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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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 l...
Highlights
7 hours
Offered in Japanese & 2 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
7 hours
Offered in Japanese & 2 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
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)
Meeting Points
Departure
Namba Hiroba Square (Pedestrian Paradise)
We meet in Namba Hiroba Square, in front of Nankai Namba Station
Return
Kōyasan Station
Itinerary
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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.
1 hour
2
Koyasan Daimon
Gateway to Mount Koya and the spirit world.
1 hour
3
Koyasan Danjo Garan
Main place of prayer of the Shingon Buddhist sect since the 9th century.
1 hour
4
Kongobu-ji Temple
Built in the late 16th century by the military dictator Hideyoshi Toyotomi, it serves as the headquarters of the Shingon Buddhist sect.
1 hour
5
Koyasan Okunoin
Famous Japanese cemetery, with 200,000 graves of more or less famous families and at its end, the mausoleum of Kobo-Daishi, founder of this place.
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 l...
Highlights
7 hours
Offered in Japanese & 2 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
7 hours
Offered in Japanese & 2 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
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)
Meeting Points
Departure
Namba Hiroba Square (Pedestrian Paradise)
We meet in Namba Hiroba Square, in front of Nankai Namba Station
