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Private Koyasan Day Tour from Osaka – Kii Peninsula UNESCO Site
5-chōme
Important Information
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Public transportation options are available nearby
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Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
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Not recommended for pregnant travelers
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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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Explore Koyasan, one of Japan's most sacred places, on a day trip from Osaka. Visit Okuno-in, Kongobuji Temple, and the Danjo Garan area with a guide.
Depart from Namba, Osaka's terminal station, and travel to Koyasan. Visit Okuno-in, where a famous monk from 1,000 years ago is said to still meditate. In this area, people who wish to sleep near the great monk have set up tombs and created a quiet sanctuary with moss-covered headstones and giant cedar trees.
Next, visit Kongobuji Temple, the central temple that administers the affairs of the sacred Koya Mountain. Enjoy the temple architecture where many monks once lived and the lavish interior where nobles were entertained when they visited...
Highlights
8 hours and 30 minutes
Offered in Japanese & English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
8 hours and 30 minutes
Offered in Japanese & English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Round-trip transportation from Namba, Osaka
Admission to Okuno-in, Kongobuji Temple, and Danjo Garan
Professional and experienced guide
Personal expenses
Meals and beverages
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Tips (optional)
Meeting Points
Departure
Minami Police Station Nanba Police Box
In front of the Namba Police Box. The guide will be holding the yellow sign.
Return
Osaka-Namba Station
Tours break up at the same place as the meeting place.
Itinerary
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Namba Station
The tour begins at Nankai Namba Station, a terminal station in Osaka. After meeting your guide, you will board an express train bound for Koyasan!
1 hour and 40 minutes
2
Gokurakubashi Station
After getting off the express train, you will now board the cable car. The gondola gains altitude toward the sanctuary on top of the mountain.
20 minutes
3
Koyasan Station
Means of access to the sanctuary, the last one is a bus ride. The bus will take you through the forest to the World Heritage Religious City on the mountain.
30 minutes
4
Kongobu-ji Okuno-in
The first stop on the tour is the Okuno-in area, one of the most important ritual spaces in the sacred Koya Mountain. The sight of tombstones lined up in a grove of cedar trees is breathtaking, but the quiet atmosphere does not give you a sense of foreboding; rather, you will feel an ethereal and dignified atmosphere.
1 hour and 10 minutes
5
Kongobu-ji Temple
After lunch, go to Kongobuji Temple. Kongobuji is the center of Koyasan's many temples and was the place where the most senior monks of Koyasan lived and served as a reception space for visiting dignitaries. Kongobuji Temple is the center of the many temples of Koyasan, and the most important priests of Koyasan lived in Kongobuji Temple, which served as a reception space for visiting dignitaries.
50 minutes
6
Mt. Koya
From Okuno-in, a short bus ride will take you to the town of Koyasan. This place where many monks live is truly a religious city. We will have lunch and enjoy the tour from noon.
50 minutes
7
Kongobu-ji Danjo Garan (Elevated Precinct)
The last stop on the tour is the Danjo Garan, a place where monks living in Koyasan do their ascetic practices. Koyasan, and is lined with various halls, including the Taho-to (pagoda). What is the significance of these halls? What is the etiquette of worship? Ask your guide.
Private Koyasan Day Tour from Osaka – Kii Peninsula UNESCO Site
5-chōme
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Explore Koyasan, one of Japan's most sacred places, on a day trip from Osaka. Visit Okuno-in, Kongobuji Temple, and the Danjo Garan area with a guide.
Depart from Namba, Osaka's terminal station, and travel to Koyasan. Visit Okuno-in, where a famous monk from 1,000 years ago is said to still meditate. In this area, people who wish to sleep near the great monk have set up tombs and created a quiet sanctuary with moss-covered headstones and giant cedar trees.
Next, visit Kongobuji Temple, the central temple that administers the affairs of the sacred Koya Mountain. Enjoy the temple architecture where many monks once lived and the lavish interior where nobles were entertained when they visited...
Highlights
8 hours and 30 minutes
Offered in Japanese & English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
8 hours and 30 minutes
Offered in Japanese & English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Round-trip transportation from Namba, Osaka
Admission to Okuno-in, Kongobuji Temple, and Danjo Garan
Professional and experienced guide
Personal expenses
Meals and beverages
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Tips (optional)
Meeting Points
Departure
Minami Police Station Nanba Police Box
In front of the Namba Police Box. The guide will be holding the yellow sign.
Return
Osaka-Namba Station
Tours break up at the same place as the meeting place.
