Okunoin Private Walking Tour

Highlights

Leistungen

Ablauf

1. Step into the forested sanctuary of Okunoin for a private walking experience unlike any other. As you pass under towering 600-year-old cedars and among 200,000 moss-covered memorials, your guide—a local expert guide—will unveil the living history, Buddhist cosmology, and cultural layers embedded in every stone. As you walk the sacred path, learn about warlords like Oda Nobunaga, memorials to companies and poets, and the deep symbolism of stone markers shaped by the five elements (earth, water, fire, wind, space). Culmination at Kobo Daishi’s Mausoleum Enter the inner sanctum through the Lantern Hall (Torodo), where the space is illuminated by countless donated lanterns, kept lit as offerings to Kobo Daishi. This final stretch of the tour invites quiet reflection and offers a rare chance to pay silent respects to the revered monk, believed to remain in eternal meditation to this day.

   2 Std.

Stornierung

Kostenlose Stornierung bis 24 Stunden vor Beginn, mit voller Rückerstattung.

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How it compares in Japan, outside the cities

• Its from-price is 111% above the median of the 1684 experiences we list in Japan, outside the cities.
• It is shorter than most of them.
• By number of reviews it ranks 414 of 1684.
• The operator lists free cancellation on it.