Tag: Koyasan

  • Saturday 9 May 2015 Highlights:  Morning Prayers, Burning Ceremony, Monument to the Children, Hiroshima Peace Museum After a night sleeping on the relatively comfortable thin mattress on the floor it was an early morning wake up to join the monks in their 6.30 am prayers and chanting to welcome the day and acknowledge both the evil…

  • Friday 8 May 2015 Highlights:  Karukayado Monastery, Konpon Daito Temple, Konkobuji Temple,  Oku-no-in Cemetery, Meditation with a monk. Today we moved to Koyasan, taking a number of trains, buses and a funicular to get to the height of the mountain.  Due to the travel style with limited space we had sent our main bags onto…