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A 1,200-year-old Buddhist mountain complex founded by Kukai (Kobo Daishi), the birthplace of Shingon Buddhism. Home to 52 temples that welcome overnight guests, with morning fire ceremonies, vegetarian cuisine, and access to one of Japan's most sacred cemeteries, Okunoin.
Compare shukubo (Buddhist temple lodgings) across Koyasan. Filter by sect, zazen meditation, English morning service, and shojin ryori cuisine.
See our editors' top picks for Koyasan12 temples in Koyasan
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A flagship Koyasan shukubo with English-guided Goma fire ceremony, Ajikan meditation, and nightly Okunoin tours.
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The only Koyasan shukubo with a natural hot spring, three Mirei Shigemori gardens, and refined shojin ryori.
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A Sanada-family bodaiji shukubo on Mt. Koya with English-speaking monks, just 13 rooms, and a strong samurai-era heritage.
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A renovated luxury shukubo on Mt. Koya with just four garden-view suites, each with a private hinoki cypress bath, and acclaimed shojin ryori cuisine.
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A historic Koyasan shukubo built by Hojo Masako in 1211, home to a National Treasure Tahoto pagoda and over a dozen Important Cultural Properties.
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A Koyasan shukubo built on the hill where Kobo Daishi practiced asceticism, with a large cypress bath and Ajikan meditation.
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A 1,100-year-old Koyasan shukubo with a 1,500-tsubo garden, the closest temple lodging to Okunoin cemetery.
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A bekkaku-honzan Koyasan shukubo with three Mirei Shigemori gardens, only 15 guest rooms, and ties to Shinran Shonin.
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A 12th-century imperial-foundation shukubo on Mt. Koya famed for its Mirei Shigemori stone garden and the cherry-reflecting pond that gives the temple its name.
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A 12th-century shukubo opposite Kongobu-ji with five gardens, an onsen bath, and acclaimed vegan shojin ryori.
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A Heian-era Koyasan shukubo offering daily Shomyo chant and a morning Goma fire ceremony in 30 traditional Japanese-style guest rooms.
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A Special Head Temple of Koyasan Shingon Buddhism, founded in the Tencho era (824-834) and standing at the very gate of Okunoin Cemetery.
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