Mt. Koya anyone?

[Utena79]

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]

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]

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.

 

[wintersweet]

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

 

[Utena79]

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. =)