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Koyasan Wakayama: Okunoin Private Walking Tour with Guide

By 株式会社AWESOME TOURS
Free cancellation available
Price is €163 per traveller* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple travellers
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 2h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages

Overview

  • Immerse yourself in the spiritual heart of Japan on a private tour
  • Walk the full 3km sacred path from Ichinohashi Bridge to the Mausoleum
  • Witness the Shojin-ku ritual, a 1,200-year-old meal offering ritual
  • Explore a core part of Japan’s World Heritage
  • Guided by a long-term temple insider and founder of the Okunoin Night Tour.

Activity location

    • Okunoin Cemetery
    • Ito District, Wakayama, Japan

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • 日本、〒648-0211 和歌山県伊都郡高野町高野山５６６ | In front of the large map at the entrance to Ichinohashi (the first bridge) of Okunoin
    • Koya, Wakayama, Japan

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Koyasan Wakayama: Okunoin Private Walking Tour with Guide

  • Activity duration is 2 hours2h
    2h
  • English
Price details
€163.32 x 1 Traveller€163.32
Total
Price is €163.32

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    2-hour private walking tour with certified English-speaking guide
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Full 3km route from Ichinohashi to Nakanohashi
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Cultural explanations, historical legends, and symbolism
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Coordination to witness Shojin-ku ritual (only on 9:30 AM tours)
  • What's includedWhat's included
    All taxes and guiding fees

Know before you book

  • Not allowed: Sandals or flip flops, See-through clothing
  • Not suitable for: Wheelchair users
  • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.
  • This activity is provided by a professional trader (a party acting within their trade, business or profession).

What you can expect

Begin your journey at the Ichinohashi Bridge, the traditional entrance to Okunoin. 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).

On morning tours, arrive in time to witness the Shojin-ku, a 1,200-year-old meal offering ritual still practised daily at Kobo Daishi’s mausoleum. This moment of living devotion, rarely seen by tourists, connects you directly to Koyasan’s enduring spiritual life.

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.

Conclude your walk at the opposite end of Okunoin, near Nakanohashi Bridge. Your guide will assist with local transport advice or next steps in your Koyasan journey.

Location

Activity location

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    • Okunoin Cemetery
    • Ito District, Wakayama, Japan

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    • 日本、〒648-0211 和歌山県伊都郡高野町高野山５６６ | In front of the large map at the entrance to Ichinohashi (the first bridge) of Okunoin
    • Koya, Wakayama, Japan