Mt. Koya anyone?

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Utena79

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• 14 Apr 2005

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Hi
Just looking to see if anyone has been to Mt. Koya. I'm hoping to have a two week vacation in Oct. and I am very interesting in seeing and staying at Mt.Koya for a while. Any info would help. I'll be heading there from Kyoto and then possibly going to Fukaoka afterward.

 

mad pierrot

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• 14 Apr 2005

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It's a great place!

Especially if you dig history, Buddhism, and drinking. I'm at work now but I'll be sure to post some pictures and stories when I get home.

:sorry:

 

mad pierrot

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• 14 Apr 2005

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As promised,

here's some random pictures. These are from Jan 2004. No good stories come to mind, except the temple monks weren't afraid to share a few drinks with me. It's nice to get up for morning chanting with a hang-over.

 

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wintersweet

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• 16 Apr 2005

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We stayed there about a year ago at the Rengejo-in monastery. The abbot and his mother speak some English and gave us a history of the place. The food is delicious kaiseki. Anyway, it was gorgeous and worth going a bit out of our way.

I don't know how one books with them directly; we went through
Small group tours & tailormade trips to Japan | InsideJapan Tours

 

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Utena79

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• 20 Apr 2005

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WOW for the pics and OOKI thanks for the web page info. I've traveled a bit so I'm kind of looking for places like Mt. Koya that I didn't get to the first time around. I can't wait to kampai with the monks!!! Wish you had some pics of that!! Hontoni arigatoo gozaimasu. =)