Koya San - japan

“The Koyasan temple stay experience was not quite what I expected. I imagined rows of monks in orange robes and distant rituals glimpsed from behind. Instead, I found something quieter and more personal: a small monastery, simple routines, whispered evenings, and early-morning chants in a dark, incense-filled hall. A glimpse into a slower, sacred rhythm of life high in Japan’s spiritual mountains.”

“Traveling through Japan, you end up visiting many shrines and temples. But there’s a difference between simply visiting… and spending the night. Like many others, we booked an overnight stay in one of the many Buddhist monasteries on Mount Koya. The place is genuinely secluded and remarkably quiet. To reach it, we had to take a mountain railway train – a small local line that slowly carried us up the slope into the mountains.”