Koyasan Jimyo-in Temple

🪷Stay at a 900-year-old Koyasan temple with gardens and shojin cuisine

Wakayama · Koyasan Jimyo-in Temple

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A Koyasan temple founded in the Heian period

• 🏯A special head temple of Koyasan Shingon Buddhism and a sub-temple of Kongobu-ji.
• 📜Founded around 1122 by the monk Jimyobo Shinyo, it still passes on the teachings of the Jimyo-in school.
• ⚔️It has long held memorial rites for the Takeda, Tsuchiya and Kyogoku clans and keeps portraits of Azai Nagamasa and his wife (Important Cultural Properties).

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Gardens by Mori Osamu

• 🌳The roughly 2,000-tsubo grounds hold more than ten halls and four gardens.
• 🍁The inner garden and the Hachiyo Garden were designed by garden historian and designer Mori Osamu.
• 🌸Weeping cherries in spring, hydrangeas in summer, autumn leaves and winter snow mark the seasons.

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Tatami rooms facing the gardens

• 🪟The lodging is surrounded by four gardens, so every room looks out on greenery.
• 🖼️Sliding doors are painted by artists such as Kano Tansai, Kano Tsunenobu and Tosa Mitsuoki.
• 🔑Rooms lock and have heating, TV, a safe, yukata, toothbrush and towels (air conditioning in some rooms).

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Shojin ryori without meat or fish

• 🥢Buddhist vegetarian cuisine made with seasonal ingredients and no meat or fish.
• 🍽️Meals are served in your room, and dishes vary slightly by season.
• 🕠Dinner is served 17:30–20:00 and breakfast 6:30–9:00.

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Large baths

• 🛁A green granite men's bath and a marble women's bath.
• 💧The water is heated spring water from a mountain stream behind the temple, not hot spring water.
• 🕓Baths are open 16:00–21:00 and closed in the morning.

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Morning service and sutra copying

• 🙏Guests may freely join the daily morning service in the main hall (6:30 Apr–Oct, 7:00 Nov–Mar).
• ✍️You can copy the Heart Sutra in your room with supplies provided (1,000 yen).
• 🔥Goma fire rituals to Kajitori Fudo Myoo are held in the Goma Hall on the 13th and 28th of each month.

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Exploring the grounds

• 👣An osunafumi site lets you walk on sand from all 88 Shikoku pilgrimage temples.
• 🔔The bell tower, built in 1909, holds a bell of an unusual design.
• 🏛️The plastered main hall has painted panels on its coffered ceiling.

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Access and parking

• 🚡From Nankai Gokurakubashi Station, the cable car reaches Koyasan Station in about 10 minutes.
• 🚌From Koyasan Station, take the Nankai bus toward Okunoin for about 15 minutes to Rengedani, then walk about 1 minute.
• 🚗Free parking for about 30 cars; in winter it may be unusable due to snow, and snow tires or chains are required.

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Tatami rooms facing the gardens

• 🪟The lodging is surrounded by four gardens, so every room looks out on greenery.
• 🖼️Sliding doors are painted by artists such as Kano Tansai, Kano Tsunenobu and Tosa Mitsuoki.
• 🔑Rooms lock and have heating, TV, a safe, yukata, toothbrush and towels (air conditioning in some rooms).

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Shojin ryori without meat or fish

• 🥢Buddhist vegetarian cuisine made with seasonal ingredients and no meat or fish.
• 🍽️Meals are served in your room, and dishes vary slightly by season.
• 🕠Dinner is served 17:30–20:00 and breakfast 6:30–9:00.

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A historic temple in central Koyasan where you can enjoy garden views, shojin cuisine and the morning service. Note that rooms have no private toilet or bath, the baths are not hot springs, there is no elevator, and the gate closes at 21:00.

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♨ Koyasan · 15 ryokan in this onsen town

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From onsen etiquette to check-in — the things worth knowing first.

What are the check-in and check-out times at Koyasan Jimyo-in Temple?

Check-in starts at 15:00 and check-out is by 10:00.

Where is Koyasan Jimyo-in Temple located?

It is in Ito-gun. Address: 455 Koyasan, Koyacho.

What is the cancellation and refund policy?

Free-cancellation deadlines vary by rate plan and are shown with each room. Cancelling before the deadline gives a full refund.