Các khách sạn ở gần Đền Nyonindo, Koya

The temple is really beautiful with stunning paintings in the dining room. There is a morning worship service you can join in which starts at 6am, but you can join any time as well as leave the service. Food is really delicious, I didn’t expect much from vegetarian dishes, but they were great. The amount of food is pretty decent, I didn’t feel hungry by the morning even tho I had dinner at 5pm. I traveled alone but I believe this room is specious enough for a couple. The convent location of the temple allows to walk to the main tramples and tourist office (where I got the night tour to the cemetery booked) as well as to the Eko-in temple from where that tour sets off.

Esperienza fantastica in questo monastero in cui è possibile accedere alle cerimonie di meditazione. La cena e la colazione serviti sono fantastici. Si trova vicino alla fermata del bus e a 15 minuti a piedi dal cimitero di Okuno-in (uno dei luoghi di interesse di Koya-San). Gli ambienti sono freddi ma è normale essendo in un monastero, le camere e dove si mangia comunque sono ben riscaldati.

Our stay at Fukuchi-In was amazing. We slept in a traditional japanese room and had a delicious dinner and breakfast in another incredibly beautiful room, shared with other guests. We attended the morning prayers and enjoyed the indoor and outdoor onsens. There was heating in the room :)

Als Hotel betrachtet, kann man den Aufenthalt als interessant und angenehm bezeichnen. Wer sich aber einen tieferen Einblick in den esoterischen bzw. Shingon-Buddhismus erwartet, wird enttäuscht sein. Natürlich sind die Abend/ Morgenrituale und das vegan Essen interessant bzw sogar spektakulär, aber es wird praktisch kaum etwas erklärt und es gibt auch keine Möglichkeit für Gespräche oder sonstigen Kontakt mit den Mönchen. Da die Anreise/ Abreise selbst aus/nach Osaka mindestens 3.5 Stunden dauert, sollte man unbedingt 2 Nächte in Koyasan einplanen, um die Sehenswürdigkeiten ohne Hetze besichtigen zu können.  Mein Eindruck war, dass der Aufenthalt primär zur Finanzierung der Tempel dient, aber nicht, um den Besuchern die Lehre des Shingon-Buddhismus bzw die Lebensweise der Mönche näher zu bringen. Für diesen kleinen Einblick würde ich nicht nochmals in so ein abgelegenes Gebiet reisen.

住宿和寺院不在同一下隔開20米，寺院非常安靜漂亮古樸，住宿完全日式，設施齊全，早晨6：30開始的早課儀式感滿滿，停車方便。

We didn’t expect it’s not a hostel but Buddhist temple) it was a nice experience to live here. It’s very clean inside and rooms look like typical Japanese minkas inside. The place is very picturesque around and it’s easy to get there.