Fumonin

🛕Stay at a head temple on Mt. Koya with garden-view suites and shojin cuisine

Wakayama · Fumonin

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A temple lodging on sacred Mt. Koya

• 🛕Founded in the first year of the Tencho era by Gonzo, the monk who ordained Kobo Daishi Kukai, Fumonin is a Bekkaku Honzan temple on Mt. Koya.
• 📜It holds a National Treasure portrait of Gonzo bearing a eulogy written by Kukai; the original is kept at the Reihokan museum and a photo hangs in the main hall.
• 🔔Wake to the bell of the early morning service, taste shojin cuisine and wander through history.

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A main hall moved from a Toshogu shrine

• 🏯After the temple burned in the great Koyasan fire of 1888, the main shrine of the Tokugawa Toshogu was transferred from Kongobuji and rebuilt here as the main hall.
• ✨Built around 1650 after the model of Nikko Toshogu, it keeps gold-painted pillars and vivid polychrome.
• 🙏The principal image is Dainichi Nyorai, known here as Fumon Mantoku, which gives the temple its name.

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Kobori Enshu garden and tea rooms

• 🌿The pond garden is attributed to Kobori Enshu, former lord of Bitchu Matsuyama Castle.
• 🪨Stepping stones lead from the study hall across stone bridges to Turtle Island, with dry waterfall stone groupings behind.
• 🍵A small tea room with a waiting bench and stone basin plus a larger tea room are available, with a full set of tea utensils for loan.

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Large baths and cypress family baths

• 🛁The large baths Muro-no-yu and Muryoju-no-yu have shallow tubs for safety and floors of Towada stone.
• 🚿Each shower booth is partitioned, and the changing rooms are designed around warm wood and cleanliness.
• 🌲Two all-hinoki family baths are reserved for guests of the Rindo and Shoin rooms. The baths are not hot spring water, and no room has its own bath.

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Special rooms overlooking the garden

• 🛏️All five special rooms on the second floor are Western-style (some Japanese-Western) with twin beds, an elevator and LAN internet.
• 🏞️Rindo is a 51.8 sq m suite with twin beds and a 10-tatami Japanese room and a panoramic garden view.
• ✍️The Ajisai room, then a tatami room, is where Yasushi Inoue wrote his debut work 'Togyu' in 1948. There are 20 rooms in total.

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Koyasan shojin cuisine

• 🍱Dinner is an elaborate shojin vegetarian meal served in the large tatami hall.
• 🍚Breakfast is a gentle vegetarian spread that is easy on the body.
• 🍽️Special-room guests use a dedicated dining room. Menus vary with the season and plan.

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The Jodan-no-ma and the 'Koyasan Showdown'

• 🎨The sliding-door paintings of the Jodan-no-ma recreate Hideyoshi's Daigo cherry-blossom party and, unusually for Koyasan, depict princesses.
• ♟️The Shinzo room hosted the 1948 shogi Meijin challenger final known as the 'Koyasan Showdown'.
• 🧴Rooms have a phone and tea set, with yukata, bath towels, body soap and toothbrush sets provided.

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Access and practical info

• 🚃From Namba, the Nankai Koya Line reaches Koyasan Station in 1 hr 40 min by limited express or about 2 hrs by express; then take the bus to Keisatsumae, a 2-minute walk.
• 🚗Free parking for 5 cars, reservation required.
• 🕘Check-in 15:00, check-out 9:00, gate closes at 21:00; children cannot be accommodated.

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Kobori Enshu garden and tea rooms

• 🌿The pond garden is attributed to Kobori Enshu, former lord of Bitchu Matsuyama Castle.
• 🪨Stepping stones lead from the study hall across stone bridges to Turtle Island, with dry waterfall stone groupings behind.
• 🍵A small tea room with a waiting bench and stone basin plus a larger tea room are available, with a full set of tea utensils for loan.

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Large baths and cypress family baths

• 🛁The large baths Muro-no-yu and Muryoju-no-yu have shallow tubs for safety and floors of Towada stone.
• 🚿Each shower booth is partitioned, and the changing rooms are designed around warm wood and cleanliness.
• 🌲Two all-hinoki family baths are reserved for guests of the Rindo and Shoin rooms. The baths are not hot spring water, and no room has its own bath.

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A National Treasure-holding head temple where you can enjoy a Toshogu-style main hall, an Enshu garden and shojin cuisine. Note that the baths are not hot springs, rooms have no private bath, the new guest hall rooms share toilets and sinks, and children are not accepted.

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Check In/Check Out Policy · Check In: 15:00 · Check Out: 09:00 · Last Check In: 17:00

* These policies are the property's own text, in English; the cancellation policy shown at booking takes precedence.

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

What are the check-in and check-out times at Fumonin?

Check-in starts at 15:00 and check-out is by 09:00.

Where is Fumonin located?

It is in Ito-gun. Address: 608 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.