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Chanting Monks and Vegetarian Cuisine
Konichiwa.
Having packed the night before, we had a quick brecky and headed for a stroll through the walled Shosei-en Garden just near our hostel in Kyoto; K's House. The gardens, small lake and pagodas were so nice and we all had fun feeding the fish and ducks (especially Archie). We left the hostel and then left Kyoto vowing to spend …
Koyasan - 2 days with the monks in the mountains
Is this possible? Clive, living the life of a monk for two days! (and turning vegetarian!). We reluctantly leave Kyoto for Koyasan in Wakayama prefecture by train, our most complex journey so far. We get the bus to Kyoto station, the Super-Express to Wakayama and then a local train to Hashimoto. From Hashimoto we get another local train to …
Koyasan and buddhism
Friday 13 April An early departure to make sure we beat the Aussies to the local bus! It's bullet train time again and we are all seriously impressed with the efficiency, style and comfort of the shinkansen! Local bus to Odawara, then shinkansen to Shin Osaka via Atami. A fantastic journey. We had great fun in Atami trying to snap shots of the …
Len nui koya
1gio chung toi moi ra khoi hostel vs di len nambai. O day an trua udon noodle. Di tau di koyasan mua kon ticket di kansai airport nen phai di doi ve de toi koyasan. Cac anh soat ve o day nhiet tinh chi dan va cho chung toi doi ve . Dieu nsy o my cung kho khan vi cac snh phai make exception va goi dt len station o koyasan de cho chung toi di ra. …
Day 7: Koyasan or one day living with monks
We could not come to Japan and not experience the religious side of the country.
Koya-san was thus the perfect destination to escape the city and retire (at least for one day!) in a buddhist temple to live with the monks on the top of a holly mountain.
The route to Koya-san from Kyoto is pretty easy: first you catch a Shinkansen to …