Online Hostel Bookings Hostels and inexpensive ryokan from $10 per night!

Car Rentals Compact cars from around 4,000 Yen/day!

Online Ticket Bookings Special fares for domestic air tickets

Related Pages

Travel Sightseeing Kansai Region Wakayama Prefecture Okunoin Temple Kongobuji Temple Garan Reihokan Museum Tokugawa Mausoleum Daishi Kyokai Pilgrimage Trails Temple Lodging Buddhism Temples World Heritage Sites Kumano Yoshino Koyasan World Heritage Ticket Koyasan: Access and Orientation

Related Questions

Koyasan World Heritage Ticket  1 reaction, last updated 9 days ago Events at Koyasan Jan 28-Feb 5?  0 reactions, last updated 15 days ago Honkakuin temple stay  0 reactions, last updated 22 days ago Koyasan accomodation  2 reactions, last updated 31 days ago Koya-san in winter?  6 reactions, last updated 57 days ago Koyasan in winter  1 reaction, last updated 58 days ago How do I get from Kobe to...  1 reaction, last updated 98 days ago Mount Koya accomodation  11 reactions, last updated 136 days ago KoyaSan - Itinerary / what to see...  2 reactions, last updated 157 days ago Taxi service at Koyasan  6 reactions, last updated 168 days ago Getting to Koya-san?  1 reaction, last updated 209 days ago Luggage storage in shin imamiya  1 reaction, last updated 287 days ago Busshe at Kongobuji, Koyasan  0 reactions, last updated 337 days ago Koyassan world heritage ticket  4 reactions, last updated 341 days ago Mt. Koya Temple Souji-in or...  3 reactions, last updated 382 days ago Hoon-in on Mt. Koyasan  1 reaction, last updated 382 days ago Monk procession at Koyasan  5 reactions, last updated 477 days ago Henjoko-in  2 reactions, last updated 498 days ago Luggage on funiculars in Koyasan  1 reaction, last updated 507 days ago Koya San temple lodging...  0 reactions, last updated 524 days ago

Japan Sightseeing Guide

Hokkaido Sapporo Otaru Hakodate Asahikawa Furano Abashiri Noboribetsu Niseko Lake Toya Daisetsuzan Shiretoko Rishiri Rebun Akan Tohoku Sendai Matsushima Hiraizumi Akita Kakunodate Hachimantai Aomori Hirosaki Lake Towada Shimokita Hanto Dewa Sanzan Yamadera Aizu Bandai Kanto Tokyo Yokohama Kamakura Nikko Kinugawa Hakone Kawagoe Kusatsu Ikaho Minakami Oze Narita Ogasawara Chubu Nagoya Inuyama Mt.Fuji Fujigoko Izu Peninsula Shizuoka Hamanako Nagano Bessho Onsen Matsumoto Kamikochi Kiso Valley Hakuba Yamanouchi Sado Island Takayama Okuhida Shirakawa-go Gujo Gero Onsen Kanazawa Kaga Onsen Noto Peninsula Kansai Kyoto Osaka Nara Kobe Himeji Kinosaki Mount Koya Kumano Asuka Yoshino Amanohashidate Hikone Iga Ueno Ise Shima Chugoku Hiroshima Miyajima Onomichi Okayama Kurashiki Takahashi Inujima Tottori Daisen Matsue Iwami Ginzan Iwakuni Yamaguchi Hagi Shikoku Takamatsu Kotohira Naoshima Shodoshima Matsuyama Uchiko Kochi Tokushima Naruto Kyushu Fukuoka Dazaifu Arita Nagasaki Shimabara Kumamoto Mount Aso Kurokawa Minamata Beppu Yufuin Mount Kuju Miyazaki Takachiho Kagoshima Kirishima Satsuma Hanto Yakushima Okinawa Honto Kume Miyako Yaeyama

Survey

Have you visited Japan in the last 3 years? Yes No see results Other Surveys: Preferred Airport Favorite hotel reservation website Favorite travel guide books How to improve tourism Next trip to Japan Purpose of visit Most popular region Have you recently entered Japan?

japan-guide.com newsletter

Keeping you up to date on Japan travel and living related issues and site updates. Click here to subscribe!

Home - Travel - Sightseeing Guide - Kansai
Koyasan (Mount Koya)	# 37   of 140 destinations in our travel guide
access  -  hotels  -  tours  -  reports  -  ratings  -  links

Okunoin Mount Koya (Koyasan) is the center of Shingon Buddhism, an important Buddhist sect which was introduced to Japan in 805 by Kobo Daishi (also known as Kukai), one of Japan's most significant religious figures. A small, secluded temple town has developed around the sect's headquarters that Kobo Daishi built on Koyasan's wooded mountaintop. It is also the site of Kobo Daishi's mausoleum and the start and end point of the Shikoku 88 Temple Pilgrimage. Kobo Daishi began construction on the original Garan temple complex in 826 after wandering the country for years in search of a suitable place to center his religion. Since then over one hundred temples have sprung up along the streets of Koyasan. The most important among them are Kongobuji, the head temple of Shingon Buddhism, and Okunoin, the site of Kobo Daishi's mausoleum. Koyasan is also one of the best places to experience an overnight stay at a temple lodging (shukubo) where you can get a taste of a monk's lifestyle, eating vegetarian monk's cuisine (shojin ryori) and attending the morning prayers. Around fifty temples offer this service to both pilgrims and visitors. Any Questions? Ask them in our question forum.

Access and Orientation

Access and Orientation How to get to and around Koyasan. Koyasan World Heritage Ticket A special ticket for visiting Koyasan. About transportation in Japan

Accommodation

Search a Hotel in Koyasan:

12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2012 2013 for 1 night 2 nights 3 nights 4 nights 5 nights 6 nights 7 nights from JAPANiCAN Hotels.com Hostel World Agoda Hotel & Ryokan (NTA) Jalan.net

Tours and Packages

Mt. Koya Tours Tours and packages for Mt. Koya, including convenient guided tours and a package with lodging at popular temple Fukuchi-in.

Advertisements

News and Reports

Koyasan Autumn Color Report November 16, 2010

Travel Community

Ratings for Mount Koya: japan-guide.com Rating:   best of the best   User Rating (by 224 users): 93/100   highly recommended Popularity of Mount Koya: Users who have been to Mount Koya: 416 37th most visited of the 140 destinations in our sightseeing guide. Have you been to Mount Koya? No - I have not been there yetYes - no ratingYes - highly recommendedYes - recommendedYes - mildly interestingYes - nothing specialYes - not recommended User Feedback We strive to keep japan-guide.com up-to-date and accurate, and are always looking for ways to improve the user experience. If you have any updates, suggestions, corrections or opinions, please let us know:

English Links

Koyasan Tourist Association Official English website.

Japanese Links

Koyasan Tourist Association Official website.