Koyasan Ryusen-in Temple Lodging

🏯A night at an 1,100-year-old Shingon temple, in the heart of Koyasan

Wakayama, Koyasan · Ryusen-in Shukubo

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A Temple Steeped in Kobo Daishi's Rain Prayer Legend

• 🛕A Shingon Buddhist temple on Koyasan, enshrining Yakushi Nyorai as its principal image
• 🐉The shukubo takes its name from 'Ryusen' (Dragon Spring), where Kukai (Kobo Daishi) once prayed for rain
• 📿A storied temple long revered by historical figures such as Mori Motonari and Kusunoki Masashige

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Mountain-Temple Quiet on Tatami

• 🛏️8-mat tatami rooms with a veranda, located on the second floor
• 🌿Some rooms overlook the garden and neighboring temples
• ♨️Rooms have no private bath; guests use a shared bathing area
• 📺Basic amenities are provided, including TV, yukata, towels, and a toothbrush

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Shojin Ryori, Cooked in a Spirit of Practice

• 🥢Both dinner and breakfast are served as shojin ryori, vegetarian Buddhist cuisine
• 🍂The menu changes with the seasons, following what's fresh
• ⏰Dinner is not served for check-ins after 6pm

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Dawn: Joining the Morning Service in the Main Hall

• 🕯️Join the morning service to experience sutra chanting and prayer
• 🔔Timing and other details are confirmed at check-in
• 🧘Open the day in a silence broken only by birdsong

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Time Steeped in Garden and Buddhist Culture

• 🌳Stroll the temple garden and feel the mountain temple's changing seasons
• ✍️Shingon practices such as Ajikan meditation continue to be observed here
• 🧹The spirit of 'geza-gyo'—treating cleaning and communal labor as spiritual practice—lives on

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In the Heart of Koyasan, Sacred Sites Within Walking Distance

• 🚌From Koyasan Station on the Nankai Koya Line, take the bus to 'Kongobuji-mae' and walk 5 minutes
• ⛩️5 minutes on foot to Kongobuji, 11 minutes to the Reihokan Museum
• 🅿️Free parking available; the shukubo can accommodate up to 150 guests

A night of emptying and renewal in a space of prayer that has endured a thousand years, through shojin ryori and the dawn service.

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